12.1% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.2%
- 2016: 12.1%
- 2021: 12.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallaville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallaville
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 Wallaville than in most similar areas. Only 48.9% of adults are in the labour force, while the unemployment rate is among the highest for areas of this size at 12.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the Queensland average, with only 55.4% of the workforce in full-time roles.
48.9% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 55.4%
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 35.4% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 13.1%, with education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.3%, followed by labourers at 16.9% and community and personal service workers at 16.2%.
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 Wallaville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32965/wallaville/topic/employment