11.0% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 11.3%
- 2021: 11.0%
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 people are working or looking for work in Maryborough than in most similar areas. While health care and social assistance are the biggest employers, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 11.0%, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%. This is mirrored by a low full-time employment rate of 53.6%, which has fallen by 2.9 points since 2011.
42.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 45.7%
- 2021: 42.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2021: 53.6%
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 here at 19.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service (17.8%) and as labourers (14.4%), with technicians and trades also making up 13.6% 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 Maryborough [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL312003/maryborough/topic/employment