7.1% ▲ +85.7%
Higher than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Duaringa · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Duaringa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work has fallen by 20 percentage points since 2011 in Duaringa. This shift is part of a wider trend where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures. The local unemployment rate is now 7.1%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 51.2% of the population are employed full-time, a figure well below the Queensland average of 59.0%. This comes alongside a higher unemployment rate of 7.1%, which rose 3.3 percentage points since 2011.
54.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -27.9%
Lower than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.0%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the most common industry for locals at 17.9%, followed by retail trade at 14.3%. Construction and health care both account for 11.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 20.2% of occupations. Managers and technicians and trades each represent 10.7% 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 Duaringa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322037/duaringa/topic/employment