4.3% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Chapel Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Chapel Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of professionals defines the workforce in Chapel Hill, where 44.1% of workers hold professional roles. This is a highly active community with a working rate well above the national figure. Most residents are in stable, full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the figures for Queensland and Australia. Full-time employment is common at 60.0%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%, slightly below the state average.
65.4% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 18.1%. Health care and social assistance (15.7%) and education and training (15.1%) also employ large numbers of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by professionals and managers, who together make up over 62% of all jobs. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 10.6%, and community and personal service jobs at 7.7%.
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 Chapel Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30580/chapel-hill/topic/employment