3.0% ▼ -65.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.7%
- 2016: 12.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arcadia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Arcadia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Arcadia are working or looking for work, reflecting a workforce much smaller than the national average. While only 42.7% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 3.0% is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low here, with 51.6% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is well below the 58.9% national figure. This is consistent with the area's overall low rate of adults working or looking for work.
42.7% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.8%
- 2016: 40.3%
- 2021: 42.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -13.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, led by accommodation and food services at 16.8% and retail trade at 13.7%. Professional and technical roles account for 11.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, each making up 17.9% of occupations. Labourers follow at 14.7%, with clerical and sales workers both accounting for 13.7%.
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 Arcadia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30078/arcadia/topic/employment