3.4% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Queens Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Queens Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Queens Park, where 64.7% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The area is defined by a high employment rate and a strong presence of professional and managerial roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 66.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, slightly lower than the national average of 5.1%.
66.4% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 66.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in high-skill sectors, with 19.6% in professional and technical roles and 15.1% in finance and insurance. Health care and social assistance also make up a significant share at 12%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles dominate the community, accounting for 45.3% of occupations, followed by managers at 23.6%. These figures align with the high number of people working in professional and financial industries.
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 Queens Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13307/queens-park/topic/employment