0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yerra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yerra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
About one quarter of workers in Yerra are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This is a place where full-time work is very common, though a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A striking 66.7% of residents have full-time jobs, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59%. While only 55% of adults are working or looking for work—well below the national figure of 61.1%—the unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0%.
55.0% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 25.9%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 18.5%, and education and training at 13%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 18.5%. This is followed by labourers at 16.7% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.8%.
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 Yerra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33221/yerra/topic/employment