6.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 15.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Avondale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Avondale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Avondale, where 16.3% of people are employed in this field. The area faces some job challenges, with a typical resident less likely to be working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This is alongside an unemployment rate of 6.8%, which is a little above the national average and much higher than most similar areas.
51.9% ▲ +1.3%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the biggest industries are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1% and retail trade at 10.2%. Construction and manufacturing also employ 7.4% and 6.0% of the workforce respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 16.3%. Other frequent roles include machinery operators and drivers at 13.8% and technicians and trades at 13.4%, while managers and service workers both make up 12.7% of the local workforce.
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 Avondale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30109/avondale/topic/employment