10.1% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 10.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tiaro · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tiaro
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the biggest industry for workers in Tiaro, with 17.1% of the local workforce employed in the sector. While the town has a diverse mix of jobs, it faces significant challenges with a very low proportion of adults working or looking for work and a high unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 35.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This low activity is mirrored by an unemployment rate of 10.1%, which is well above both the state and national levels.
35.1% ▼ -24.7%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 37.4%
- 2021: 35.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade leads the local industries at 17.1%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 16.1%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food services, as well as agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 19%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.6%. Labourers and managers also make up a large part of the workforce, at 15.2% and 14.2% respectively.
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 Tiaro [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32824/tiaro/topic/employment