5.2% ▼ -39.5%
Higher than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyreema · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wyreema
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Roughly 75% of adults in Wyreema are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average. This high level of activity is driven by a strong full-time employment rate of 62.1%, which has climbed since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is much more common here than in most similar areas, sitting well above the Queensland figure. This surge in activity is mirrored by a falling unemployment rate, which dropped to 5.2% by 2021.
74.7% ▲ +23.9%
Higher than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 74.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.1% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 62.1%
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 for local workers at 17.6%, followed by retail trade at 13.2% and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five people work as technicians and trades, making it the most common occupation at 19.6%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 14.4%.
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 Wyreema [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315106/wyreema/topic/employment