5.7% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tully Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Tully Heads
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 Tully Heads compared to the rest of the country. While only 44.9% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. This reflects a local workforce heavily concentrated in manual trades and primary industries.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, 67.5% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the national average of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
44.9% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 41.8%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.5% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several key sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 21.4%. Manufacturing follows at 18.3%, while retail trade, construction, and transport and warehousing each make up around 10% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 28.6%, which aligns with the high number of people working in agriculture and manufacturing. Technicians and trades make up 13.5% of roles, while clerical staff, sales workers, and machinery operators each account for 11.9%.
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 Tully Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32883/tully-heads/topic/employment