6.5% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Flora Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Flora Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Flora Hill compared to the national figure, though full-time employment is notably low. While 64.4% of adults are in the labour force, the area faces a bit more unemployment than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, full-time work is much lower than most areas at 51.3%, and the unemployment rate is a little above the state average at 6.5%.
64.4% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance, which accounts for 21.1% of jobs. Other common industries include retail trade at 12.1%, accommodation and food services at 10.4%, and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 25.5%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 16.7%, with sales workers, labourers, and technicians and trades each accounting for around 11% 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 Flora Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL20931/flora-hill/topic/employment