6.6% ▼ -23.0%
Higher than 86% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
4511, QLD · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 4511, QLD
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in postcode 4511 than in most similar areas. Only 46.9% of adults are in the workforce, a figure far below the national rate of 61.1%. This trend has continued over the last decade, while the unemployment rate has fallen to 6.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.6%, having fallen 6.1 percentage points since 2011. While unemployment is a little above the state rate at 6.6%, this is an improvement from 2011 when it was 8.6%.
46.9% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 88% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 49.8%
- 2016: 47.1%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% ▼ -10.2%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 53.6%
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 here, employing 15.8% of the workforce, followed by construction at 13.9% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 17.5% and community and personal service workers at 14.5%, while professionals make up 13.4% of occupations.
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 4511, QLD [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA4511/4511-qld/topic/employment