4.5% ▼ -18.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alexandra Hills · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alexandra Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Alexandra Hills, where 15.5% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a strong employment rate, with 66.1% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas, sitting well above the Queensland figure. About 59.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, and the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
66.1% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the largest employment sectors in Alexandra Hills are construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 10.6%. Manufacturing and education and training follow, accounting for 7.9% and 7.1% of the workforce respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 17.5%. Professionals follow at 15.6%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 14.7% 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 Alexandra Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30031/alexandra-hills/topic/employment