9.8% ▲ +163.1%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 16.8%
- 2021: 9.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Curra · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Curra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 15 percentage points separates the proportion of adults working or looking for work in Curra from the Queensland average. Only 46.8% of the adult population is in the labour force, and the area has seen a significant drop in full-time employment over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 9.8%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Since 2011, the number of adults working or looking for work has fallen by 19 points, and full-time employment has dropped by the same amount.
46.8% ▼ -28.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 39.9%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.1% ▼ -28.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
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 workers here at 17.9%, followed by retail trade at 14.1% and construction at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.0%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.4% and technicians and trades at 15.2%.
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 Curra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321035/curra/topic/employment