20.0% ▲ +653.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 10.5%
- 2021: 20.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yowah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yowah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Yowah compared to the rest of the country. Only 29.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is 31 points below the national figure. This gap is paired with a very high unemployment rate of 20.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low at 30.8%, which is 28 points below both the Queensland and Australian figures. This reflects a workforce that is much smaller than in most other areas.
29.9% ▼ -48.4%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 44.2%
- 2021: 29.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
30.8% ▼ -50.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry here, employing 19.2% of the workforce, followed by construction at 15.4%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, and accommodation and food services each account for 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.1%. Community and personal service roles follow at 11.5%, while no residents work as professionals, technicians, or in clerical roles.
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 Yowah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33224/yowah/topic/employment