Unemployment in Logan has reached the lowest “ever on record” while remaining much higher than the national average.
The latest figures show the city’s unemployment rate to be 4.9%, dropping almost an entire percentage point since the previous quarter.
Logan’s unemployment most recently peaked in 2021 at 9.2%, and has steadily declined since the Covid-19 pandemic.
“COVID hit our local workforce hard because many of our residents are employed in jobs that require hands-on, face-to-face contact,” mayor Darren Power said.
“We have a robust, very willing workforce in Logan, but many of those who lost their jobs, or had their hours reduced, during the pandemic found it very challenging over the last two years to get back to pre-COVID levels.
“We certainly didn’t bounce back as fast as some of our neighbours in South East Queensland, but the latest figures are a very encouraging sign that more Logan residents are finding work and doing their bit to help boost our local economy.”
The national unemployment average is 3.6% and the state average is 3.8%.
This last quarter saw unemployment increase in six neighbouring local government areas.
