4.7% ▼ -2.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wooloowin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wooloowin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wooloowin than in the rest of the country. This active workforce is well supported by high full-time employment, with 62.1% of the population in these roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 75.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well above the Queensland average, while the 4.7% unemployment rate is about the same as the state and national figures.
75.3% ▲ +4.5%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 70.7%
- 2021: 75.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.8%, with managers and clerical or administrative staff following at 14.8% and 12.9% respectively.
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 Wooloowin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33149/wooloowin/topic/employment