7.8% ▲ +48.6%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 15.6%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Tully Heads · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Tully Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers in Tully Heads, with 26.9% of the local workforce in this role. While full-time employment is well above the national figure, far fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that fell 23 points since 2011 and is far below the Queensland average. Those who are employed are often in full-time roles (64.1%), though the unemployment rate of 7.8% is a little above the national figure.
42.1% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 80% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 42.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.1% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 74.6%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 16.8% of the workforce. Other common industries include manufacturing at 13.2%, and health care and social assistance at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of labourers, technicians and tradespeople account for 15% of jobs. Clerical and administrative roles make up 14.4%, while sales workers and machinery operators each represent 12% 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 Tully Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322127/tully-heads/topic/employment