0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yagoonya · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full employment is the standout feature of Yagoonya, where every single adult is either working or looking for work. This rate is far above the national figure, with a strong majority of the workforce in stable, full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
All adults in Yagoonya are working or looking for work, a figure far above both Queensland and Australia. Full-time employment is also well above the national average at 68.2%, while the unemployment rate is well below the state figure at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
100.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.2% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Half of the workforce in Yagoonya is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing, while 18.2% work in wholesale trade.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are labourers at 40.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 18.2%. Managers and machinery operators and drivers each make up 13.6% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Yagoonya [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33195/yagoonya/topic/employment