4.5% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 56% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chermside · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Chermside
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 Chermside, with 17.6% of the workforce in this sector. The area has a very active job market where 67.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 60.6%, though this has fallen by 5.2 points since 2011.
67.5% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 85% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 67% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry at 17.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 9.7% and retail trade at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 29.5% of workers, while clerical and administrative jobs make up 13.9% of the workforce.
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 Chermside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30202/chermside/topic/employment