6.8% ▲ +209.4%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cunnamulla · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cunnamulla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people have full-time jobs in Cunnamulla than in most similar areas. However, the town has seen a sharp drop in the number of adults working or looking for work, with only 49.8% doing so in 2021.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 64.9% of workers have full-time roles—well above the national figure of 58.9%—unemployment has risen to 6.8%. This rate is a little above the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
49.8% ▼ -39.5%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 82.3%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.9% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.0%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer at 20.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 18.6% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are in community and personal service (15.8%) and professional roles (14.5%), while managers and labourers each make up about 13% 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 Cunnamulla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321034/cunnamulla/topic/employment