0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alva · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alva
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of 0% marks the current job market in Alva. While few adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, 72.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, a rate far above both Queensland and Australia.
44.0% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.1% ▲ +25.1%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 72.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across a few key sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the largest at 23.3%. Other major industries include construction at 16.3% and manufacturing at 15.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 22.1%, followed by managers at 19.8% and labourers at 18.6%.
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 Alva [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30048/alva/topic/employment