0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arcadia Valley · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high employment rate defines Arcadia Valley, where 73.2% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure, and the area currently reports no unemployment at all. Full-time work is the norm for the vast majority of the local workforce.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high here at 74.1%, which is 15 percentage points above both the Queensland and Australian figures. This strength is reflected in the 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below the national average of 5.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
73.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.1% —
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily tied to the land, with 72.9% of the workforce employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other smaller sectors include education and training at 5.9% and wholesale trade at 3.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Almost half of workers are managers, making up 45.9% of the workforce. Labourers are the next most common group at 29.4%, while technicians and trades account for 5.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Arcadia Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30079/arcadia-valley/topic/employment