7.8% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 7.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaudesert · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaudesert
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Beaudesert compared to other similar areas, with only 47.1% working or looking for work. This lower participation is paired with a higher unemployment rate of 7.8%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in the rest of Queensland, where the figure is 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, at 55.4%.
47.1% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 46.9%
- 2021: 47.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 55.4%
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 13.3%, followed by construction at 12.1% and retail trade at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are largely hands-on, with labourers making up 16.9% of workers and technicians and trades accounting for 15.1%.
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 Beaudesert [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30193/beaudesert/topic/employment