6.4% ▼ -2.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wulguru · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wulguru
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A unemployment rate of 6.4% is much higher than most similar areas in Wulguru. While more people here work full-time than in most other areas, a smaller share of adults are working or looking for work compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little above the Australian average at 61.4%. However, the share of adults working or looking for work is 58.9%, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
58.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.3%, followed by public administration and safety at 11.2% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades at 16.1%, while professionals make up 15.4% 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 Wulguru [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33172/wulguru/topic/employment