4.8% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Aspley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Aspley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Working patterns in Aspley have remained steady over the last decade. Most of the local workforce is employed full-time, and the area's unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment sits at 59.4%, roughly the same as both the state and national levels.
60.5% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.9%, followed by retail trade at 9.8% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 28.9% of workers. Other common jobs include clerical and administrative work at 14.7% and managers at 13.1%.
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 Aspley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30095/aspley/topic/employment