3.8% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Charleville · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Charleville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Charleville than in 2011, with this figure falling 8 percentage points to 56.4%. Despite this, the area maintains a strong employment profile, with 66.9% of the workforce in full-time roles—a rate well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures and has fallen since 2011. While full-time employment is among the highest for similar areas, the overall share of adults working or looking for work is well below the Queensland average.
56.4% ▼ -12.4%
Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 42.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.9% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Charleville at 18.6%, followed by education and training at 12.2% and public administration and safety at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%, followed closely by professionals at 17.4% and community and personal service workers at 15.6%.
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 Charleville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315017/charleville/topic/employment