6.6% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodgate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodgate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small fraction of adults are working or looking for work in Woodgate, with only 32% active in the labour force. This low level of employment is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.6%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Queensland figure, with only 52.4% of the workforce in these roles. This is much lower than most similar areas.
32.0% ▼ -10.6%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.8%
- 2016: 29.7%
- 2021: 32.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with Construction and Accommodation and food services both accounting for 11.6% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 15.4%, followed closely by Technicians and trades at 15.2%. Professionals and Labourers each make up 13.3% of the workforce.
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 Woodgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33133/woodgate/topic/employment