4.7% ▲ +25.7%
Lower than 54% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingaroy · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Kingaroy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A drop of 12 percentage points in the number of adults working or looking for work is the most striking shift for Kingaroy since 2011. This trend has left the area with a smaller workforce than most similar places. Now, only 55.3% of adults are active in the labour market.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below both the Queensland (61.6%) and national (61.1%) figures. While full-time employment sits at 59.1%, which is about the same as the rest of the country, the unemployment rate has risen slightly to 4.7% since 2011.
55.3% ▼ -18.3%
Lower than 64% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -15.1%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Kingaroy at 16.7%. Other major industries include manufacturing at 13.6%, retail trade at 12.2%, and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.4%. Professionals follow at 14.9%, with technicians and trades accounting for 14.5% 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 Kingaroy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3010/kingaroy/topic/employment