6.0% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
4214, QLD · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 4214, QLD
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in postcode 4214, where 17% of workers are in this sector. While the number of adults working or looking for work is about the same as the national figure, full-time employment has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell 7.1 percentage points since 2011 to 53%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59%. The unemployment rate is 6%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
61.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 82% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 58.5%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with retail trade (10.4%), construction (10.2%), and education and training (9%) following the dominant health sector.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 22%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.2% and community and personal service workers at 12.7%.
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 4214, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4214/4214-qld/topic/employment