13.7% ▲ +33.7%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.3%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 13.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Torbanlea · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Torbanlea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Torbanlea, where 25.5% of employees work in this field. The area faces significant job challenges, with a very high unemployment rate and far fewer people working or looking for work than in other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This is alongside a high unemployment rate of 13.7%, which has risen since 2011 and is well above the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
37.2% ▼ -37.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.1% ▼ -26.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for residents are education and training at 12.7%, followed by construction at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most frequent occupation at 27.5%, while machinery operators and drivers make up 14.7% 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 Torbanlea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322125/torbanlea/topic/employment