4.7% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Anstead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Anstead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Anstead are working or looking for work, with 67% active in the labour force. This figure is well above both the Queensland and national averages, reflecting a community with strong employment engagement.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, and 60% of residents have full-time jobs. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
67.0% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 60.0%
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 at 13.7%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.5% and education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by professional roles, which account for 34.8% of jobs, while managers make up another 19.7%.
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 Anstead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30065/anstead/topic/employment