5.9% ▲ +145.0%
Higher than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Woodgate · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Woodgate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation in Woodgate, where 16.1% of workers hold these positions. The area has a very small proportion of adults working or looking for work, at just 30.8%, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 30.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has fallen by 42 points since 2011. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 50.8%, while the unemployment rate has risen to 5.9%.
30.8% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 28.6%
- 2021: 30.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% ▼ -23.0%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 48.4%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are accommodation and food services at 13.7%, followed by construction at 11.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from office roles, the largest groups of workers are technicians and trades at 14.8%, labourers at 14.5%, and professionals at 13.2%.
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 Woodgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315105/woodgate/topic/employment