3.0% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Taroom · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Taroom
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Taroom. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state average, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in permanent roles. This stability is reflected in a very low unemployment rate of 3.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has risen to 64.6% since 2011, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen to 55.9%, a figure well below the Queensland average.
55.9% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.6% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 64.6%
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 here at 15.6%, followed by public administration and safety at 14.0% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.1%, with labourers (15.6%) and machinery operators and drivers (14.8%) also representing a large share of the local 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 Taroom [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321100/taroom/topic/employment