10.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarraden · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Yarraden than in most similar areas. A huge 94.4% of those employed work full-time, which is far above the Queensland figure of 59%. However, the area also faces a high unemployment rate of 10.5%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.1% of adults are working or looking for work, well above the national figure of 61.1%. This is a place where full-time work is the norm, though the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas at 10.5%.
10.5% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
69.1% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
94.4% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Work is spread across a few main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing making up 41.7% of jobs. Other common roles are in accommodation and food (25%) and rental and real estate (16.7%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large portion of the local workforce at 44.4%. Professionals account for 25%, while sales workers, labourers and machinery operators each make up a smaller share of the jobs.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Yarraden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33209/yarraden/topic/employment