3.7% ▲ —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wongabel · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wongabel
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.6% of adults in Wongabel are working or looking for work, which is well below both the Queensland and national figures. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 3.7%, a smaller proportion of the population is engaged in the workforce compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures. This is a workforce with a low unemployment rate of 3.7%, though fewer adults overall are active in the labour market than in most similar areas.
54.6% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several key sectors, with retail trade and health care and social assistance both accounting for 13.6% of jobs. Other services make up 12.6%, while education and training and construction follow at 10.7% and 9.7% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common group at 21.4%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff and labourers, who each make up 14.6% of the workforce, followed by managers at 13.6% and professionals at 12.6%.
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 Wongabel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33123/wongabel/topic/employment