4.9% ▼ -40.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toogoolawah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toogoolawah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Toogoolawah compared to most similar areas. Only 41.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is 20 points lower than the Queensland and national figures. This low participation is paired with a full-time employment rate of 53.3%, which is well below the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
41.3% ▼ -2.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 41.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -5.1%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 13.7%, followed by education and training and health care, which both sit at 12%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and construction each account for 10.3% of workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most people work in community and personal service roles at 15.2%, while technicians and trades make up 14.9% of the workforce. Labourers (13.2%) and managers (12.5%) also make up significant portions 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 Toogoolawah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32844/toogoolawah/topic/employment