5.8% —
Higher than 73% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Flynn · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Flynn
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Flynn than in 2016, but the unemployment rate has fallen by 2.8 percentage points since then. The area is now defined by a strong proportion of full-time workers, with 63.3% of the population employed in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 63.3%, though this is 2.1 points lower than in 2016. Meanwhile, 59.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
59.8% —
Lower than 59% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 59.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% —
Higher than 87% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 10.4%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.8% and mining at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.3%, with labourers at 13.8% and machinery operators and drivers at 13.3% also common.
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 Flynn [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED311/flynn/topic/employment