6.6% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Toowoomba City · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Toowoomba City
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Toowoomba City, where 19.0% of workers are in this field. The area has a high number of full-time roles, though it faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. While 60.6% of those employed are in full-time roles, the unemployment rate of 6.6% is a little above the national average.
49.3% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.1%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, many people work in education and training (12.1%) and retail trade (10.8%). Other common industries include accommodation and food services at 9.1%, and public administration and safety at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.4%. This is followed by community and personal service workers (14.8%), labourers (12.0%), managers (11.8%), and technicians and trades (11.4%).
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 Toowoomba City [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32855/toowoomba-city/topic/employment