5.7% ▼ -13.4%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Benowa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Benowa
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 Benowa, where 15.9% of the workforce is employed in these fields. While many residents have professional roles, the area has a much lower proportion of full-time workers than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 59.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure. Full-time employment is well below the national average at 51.9%, and the unemployment rate of 5.7% is much higher than in most similar areas.
59.5% ▼ -2.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with retail trade at 9.9% and accommodation and food services at 9.7%. Professional and technical services employ 9% of residents, while construction accounts for 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.7%, followed by managers at 16.4%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 12.9%, sales workers at 12.3%, and community and personal service workers at 11.3%.
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 Benowa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30235/benowa/topic/employment