13.4% ▲ +131.9%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 13.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ravenshoe · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Ravenshoe
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a job in Ravenshoe is harder than in most parts of the country, with an unemployment rate of 13.4%. This is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state, and full-time employment has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This drop is mirrored by a fall in full-time employment to 47.7%, while the unemployment rate has risen by 7.6 points since 2011.
41.5% ▼ -30.7%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 30.9%
- 2021: 41.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.7% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 14.9%, followed by education and training at 12.9% and retail trade at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 25.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 16.2% and managers at 11.6%.
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 Ravenshoe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321088/ravenshoe/topic/employment