5.3% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yangan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yangan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low full-time employment rate of 53.3% marks the workforce in Yangan, which is well below both the Queensland and national figures. While many adults are active in the workforce, fewer hold permanent full-time roles compared to other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure slightly below the state and national averages. The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is higher than most similar areas but about the same as the rest of the country.
59.8% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 12.8%. Other significant sectors include agriculture, forestry and fishing, education, and health care, each employing 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 17.8%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 14.4%, while professionals, technicians, and clerical workers each make up 13.9% 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 Yangan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33204/yangan/topic/employment