0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Prairie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Prairie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure in West Prairie, where 64.3% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This creates a strong contrast with the state average. The local job market is exceptionally stable, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 61.5%, which is about the same as Queensland, full-time work is much more common here than in most other areas.
61.5% —
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.4%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 79.6%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for the local workforce, employing 88.1% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most workers in West Prairie are managers, accounting for 61.9% of occupations, followed by clerical and administrative staff and labourers at 14.3% each.
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 West Prairie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33040/west-prairie/topic/employment