0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Warrego · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Warrego
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 23 percentage point gap separates the full-time employment rate in Upper Warrego from the national figure. This sparsely populated area is dominated by the agricultural sector, where most of the working population are managers or labourers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is very strong here, with 71% of adults working or looking for work, well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national levels.
71.0% —
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
81.8% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary industry, employing 95.5% of the workforce. A smaller group of people work in arts and recreation (13.6%), while there is no one working in mining or manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split between two main roles, with 54.5% of people working as managers and 36.4% as labourers. There are no professionals or technicians and trades workers in the area.
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 Warrego [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32919/upper-warrego/topic/employment