3.8% —
Lower than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 10.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tamborine Mountain · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tamborine Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Tamborine Mountain compared to the state and national figures. Only 53.7% of adults are in the labour force, and full-time employment has fallen sharply by 17 percentage points since 2016. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is low at 3.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%, falling to 53.7% since 2016. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 49.0%, though the unemployment rate has dropped significantly to 3.8%.
53.7% —
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.0% —
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 49.0%
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 14.3%, followed by education and training at 12.9%. Accommodation and food services also make up a notable 9.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.7%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.4%, and managers at 14.6%.
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 Tamborine Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314022/tamborine-mountain/topic/employment