4.6% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Traeger · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Traeger
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is remarkably high in Traeger, where 70.8% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is far above the figures for Queensland and Australia. While the total number of people working or looking for work has dipped since 2011, those who are employed are more likely to have stable, full-time hours.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 60.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, a small drop from 2011 and roughly in line with the rest of the state.
60.7% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 55% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.8% ▲ +12.6%
Higher than 99% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 19.9% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 10.7%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.2%, followed by professionals at 14.9%. Machinery operators and drivers (13.4%) and labourers (13.0%) also represent significant portions of the local 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 Traeger [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30089/traeger/topic/employment