8.5% ▲ +188.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 8.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodstock · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Woodstock
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest professional group in Woodstock, where 20.3% of employees hold these roles. The area has a high rate of full-time work, but this sits alongside an unemployment rate that is much higher than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common at 66.4%, which is well above the 58.9% national figure. However, the unemployment rate is 8.5%, which is well above both Queensland and Australia.
58.3% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.4% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.8%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 10.9%. Mining and education and training follow closely, each accounting for 10.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of tradespeople, 16.4% of residents are labourers and 15.6% are machinery operators and drivers. Professionals make up 11.7% of the local 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 Woodstock [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33139/woodstock/topic/employment