9.2% ▼ -28.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.9%
- 2016: 17.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toogoom · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toogoom
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults in Toogoom are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures. Only 43.1% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate is 9.2%, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas, with 52.4% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the 59% typical for Queensland and Australia.
43.1% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 43.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 22.8%, followed by retail trade at 12.2% and construction at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 17.7%, closely followed by professionals at 17.4% and labourers at 14.4%.
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 Toogoom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32845/toogoom/topic/employment