Beaudesert · Sub-region (SA3)

Jobs & Industry in Beaudesert

Name: Jobs & Industry in Beaudesert — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Fewer adults are in the workforce in Beaudesert compared to other parts of the state, with only 50.6% working or looking for work. This low level of employment is the defining feature of the local job market, which has seen a steady decline since 2011.

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📍 Beaudesert, Sub-region (SA3)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 50.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below both the Queensland and national averages. Full-time employment has also fallen by 4.6 percentage points since 2011 to 57.6%, while the unemployment rate has stayed steady at around 6.0%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Construction is the biggest employer at 11.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 10.9%. Other main industries include retail trade and education at 8.2% each, with agriculture, forestry and fishing making up 8.1% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Beaudesert splits fairly evenly between Construction (12%) and Health care & social assistance (12%), with Retail trade at 9%.

Construction 11.5% Health care & social assistance 10.9% Retail trade 8.2% Education & training 8.2% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 8.1% Manufacturing 7.4% Accommodation & food 6.5% Public administration & safety 6.2% Transport & warehousing 5.6% Other services 4.1%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 15.7%, followed by labourers at 15.0% and managers at 13.5%. Community, personal service, and clerical roles each account for 11.9% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Beaudesert splits fairly evenly between Technicians & trades (16%) and Labourers (15%), with Managers at 14%.

Technicians & trades 15.7% Labourers 15.0% Managers 13.5% Community & personal service 11.9% Clerical & administrative 11.9% Professionals 10.8% Machinery operators & drivers 10.3% Sales workers 8.4%

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 Beaudesert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/31101/beaudesert/topic/employment

Beaudesert	6.0%
Greater Brisbane	5.5%
Queensland	5.4%
Australia	5.1%

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