Figures released by the Federal Government’s Department of Employment show that of the Queanbeyan Local Government Area’s workforce of 24,841 only 452 were unemployed, down from 730 in the June quarter of 2014.
In welcoming the figures as “pleasing”, Queanbeyan Mayor Tim Overall said: “Queanbeyan is performing well as a local government area and our unemployment rate of 1.8% is very impressive when compared to the national unemployment rate on 6.1%.
“It is no secret that a high percentage of Queanbeyan’s labour force is employed in the ACT, however Queanbeyan is also an employment hub with people travelling from the ACT and nearby towns to work in Queanbeyan.”
The statistics show that the unemployment rate dropped in all Queanbeyan suburbs, including Karabar (dropped from 4.4 per cent to 2.6 per cent from June 2014), Queanbeyan (from 4.4 per cent to 2.8 per cent), Queanbeyan East (from 3.3 per cent to 1.9 per cent), Queanbeyan West and Jerrabomberra (from 1.3 per cent to 0.9 per cent).
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