1.4% ▼ -48.1%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Theodore · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Theodore
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Theodore, where 65.7% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, those who are employed enjoy a very low unemployment rate of just 1.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 1.4%, which is well below both the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national figure of 5.1%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 58.0%, which is well below the Australian average of 61.1%.
58.0% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 15.5%, followed by mining at 13.5% and manufacturing at 12.1%. Other notable employers include education and training at 9.2% and accommodation and food services at 7.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.3%, with machinery operators and drivers following closely at 17.9%. Community and personal service workers account for 13.0% of roles, while professionals and technicians or trades each make up about 10% to 12% of the workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Theodore [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32807/theodore/topic/employment