4.0% ▼ -42.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Araluen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Araluen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small slice of the local workforce is active in Araluen, with only 53.7% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. While few adults are in the workforce, those who are employed generally find stable work, with an unemployment rate of 4.0% which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below the Queensland average of 61.6%. Among those employed, 57.8% work full-time, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
53.7% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Araluen are health care and social assistance at 14.2%, followed by construction at 12.5% and education and training at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are varied, with community and personal service workers making up 15.6% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative roles follow closely at 15.2%, while technicians and trades account for 14.9%.
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 Araluen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30071/araluen/topic/employment