0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alexandra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alexandra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Alexandra compared to the rest of the state. Full-time employment is far above the national figure, with 69.3% of the workforce in full-time roles. This strong employment level is highlighted by a 0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This is consistent with a very high rate of full-time employment and an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
67.3% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 67.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.3% ▲ +7.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 15.8%, followed by construction at 11.9% and transport and warehousing at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up a quarter of the workforce at 25.7%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 18.8% and clerical and administrative staff at 16.8%.
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 Alexandra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30029/alexandra/topic/employment