4.7% ▲ —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Barron · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Barron
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a quarter of workers in Upper Barron are employed in agriculture, forestry, and fishing. This makes the area stand out for its strong ties to the land, with a workforce that is slightly more active than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, a figure that is about the same as the state and national averages.
64.0% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.1%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 27.3% of people. Other common sectors include construction at 9.2% and education and training at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 29.7%, followed by professionals at 15.7%. Labourers and technicians or tradespeople also represent significant shares of the local workforce at 14.1% and 10.8% 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 Upper Barron [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32899/upper-barron/topic/employment