3.6% ▼ -17.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carina · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carina
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common occupation in Carina, where nearly a third of the workforce are professionals. This is a high-performing employment hub with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is very active, with 68.9% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also strong at 63.0%, and the unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
68.9% ▲ +2.1%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 68.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.0% ▼ -7.4%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest industry here, employing 15.9% of people. Other major sectors include education and training at 10.5% and professional and technical services at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 31.6% of the local workforce, the largest group by far. Clerical and administrative workers follow at 15.2%, while managers account for 14.2% of occupations.
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 Carina [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30538/carina/topic/employment