3.5% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Albany Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Albany Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher numbers of adults are working or looking for work in Albany Creek than in most similar areas. This active workforce is backed by a low unemployment rate of 3.5%, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.2% of adults are in the labour force, a figure well above the 61.1% national average. Full-time employment sits at 59.4%, which is about the same as the state and national levels.
69.2% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -6.0%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.0%, followed by education and training at 10.8%. Construction and retail trade also employ nearly a tenth of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation. Clerical and administrative roles make up 15.6%, while managers account for 14.5% of the local 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 Albany Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30020/albany-creek/topic/employment