0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Thornton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Thornton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate marks Thornton as an area where almost everyone who wants a job has one. This is well below the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national rate of 5.1%. While overall employment is slightly lower than the state average, the local job market is remarkably stable.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment for 58.6% of the population is roughly the same as the Queensland average.
59.4% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.5%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 36% of the workforce. Other common fields include public administration and safety at 10.8%, and education and training at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27%, followed by labourers at 18.9% and professionals at 17.1%. Machinery operators and drivers account for another 10.8% of the local 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 Thornton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32816/thornton/topic/employment