4.1% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Windaroo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Windaroo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Windaroo than in most similar areas. This active workforce is anchored by a high rate of full-time employment, with 62.9% of residents working full-time, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the Queensland and Australian averages. Unemployment is 4.1%, which is a little below the state level and about the same as the national figure.
69.0% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 69.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.9% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer for local workers at 14.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.4% and manufacturing at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades, making up 17.6% of jobs, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 16.3%.
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 Windaroo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33091/windaroo/topic/employment