5.6% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Warwick · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Warwick
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults in Warwick are working or looking for work compared to most areas, with only 53.4% in the workforce. This is well below both the Queensland and national figures. While full-time employment has fallen over the last decade, the unemployment rate has remained steady at 5.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure, dropping from 59.6% in 2011 to 53.4%. Full-time employment also fell by 5.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 57.8%.
53.4% ▼ -10.3%
Lower than 74% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 52% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.2%, followed by retail trade at 13.2% and manufacturing at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.7%, while community and personal service workers account for 13.3% of the 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 Warwick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3018/warwick/topic/employment