6.5% ▼ -17.4%
Higher than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maryborough · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Maryborough
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Maryborough compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure. This gap is matched by a lower rate of full-time work and a local unemployment rate that sits slightly above the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 51.8%, a figure that has fallen by 6.4 points since 2011. While the unemployment rate is a little above the national 5.1% at 6.5%, it has actually fallen by 1.4 points over the last decade.
42.2% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 42.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 51.8%
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 19.5%, followed by manufacturing at 14.0% and retail trade at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.3%, while community and personal service workers account for 16.2% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL214016/maryborough/topic/employment