2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 8 AEC Noosa Economic Profile Final Report

Noosa Economic Profile
Final


6.6       Employment by Occupation by Place of Work
          Comparatively significant occupations of employment for the Shire by place of work in 2011
          were:
           Sales workers, accounting for 14.0% of all employment (around 3.6 percentage points
            higher than the SEQ Region and 2.4 percentage points higher than the State).
           Managers, accounting for 14.4% of all employment (2.3 percentage points higher than
            the SEQ Region and 2.2 percentage points higher than the State).
           Community and personal service workers, accounting for 12.6% of employment (2.4
            percentage points higher than the SEQ Region and Queensland).

          Figure 6.8: Employment by Occupation PoW, 2011


                                             Professionals



                                                Managers



                                            Sales Workers



                          Technicians and Trades Workers



                       Clerical and Administrative Workers



                 Community and Personal Service Workers                                    Queensland


                                                                                           South East
                                                Labourers                                  Queensland

                                                                                           Noosa LGA
                          Machinery Operators and Drivers


                                                         0.0%     5.0%     10.0%   15.0%    20.0%       25.0%
                                                                % of Employment

          Source: ABS (2011)


6.7       Education
           Residents in the Shire were generally just as educated as the State at the highest
            secondary level (year 12) with 51.1% of local residents having completed year 12 or
            equivalent (compared to the State 51.6%), while slightly below than the SEQ Region
            (56.3%)
           Residents in the Shire were less likely to have only completed year 8 or below (4.5% of
            all residents) compared to the SEQ Region (5.6%) and the State (6.8%).




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