5.3% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kurwongbah · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Kurwongbah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has dropped by 6.0 percentage points since 2011 in Kurwongbah. Despite this shift, it remains a place where 67% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high level of activity defines the local workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 67.0% of adults are working or looking for work—much higher than most similar areas—the unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is about the same as the Queensland figure.
67.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 82% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -9.1%
Higher than 60% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.7%, followed by construction at 11.7% and retail trade at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is split evenly between professionals and technicians and trades, who each make up 16.1% of occupations, while clerical and administrative roles account for 14.9%.
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 Kurwongbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30042/kurwongbah/topic/employment