5.8% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Southbank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Southbank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional and technical roles drive the workforce in Southbank, where 18.4% of workers are employed in this sector. This is a high-activity hub where 77.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the national average. Most of these residents are employed in high-skill roles within the city center.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A very high 77.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure. Full-time employment is also well above the state and national averages at 64.3%, though the unemployment rate of 5.8% is much higher than in most similar areas.
77.7% ▲ +14.5%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 77.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry at 18.4%, followed by accommodation and food services at 10.5%. Other major employers include finance and insurance, health care and social assistance, and retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward high-level roles, with professionals making up 38.5% of occupations and managers accounting for 15.1%. Clerical and administrative workers represent 12.1%, while community and personal service roles make up 10.1%.
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 Southbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL22315/southbank/topic/employment