4.7% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cleveland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cleveland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Cleveland than in most similar areas. While the typical full-time employment rate is around the middle for its level, only 53.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below Queensland's 61.6% and Australia's 61.1%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
53.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -8.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 15.3%, followed by construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%. This is followed by clerical and administrative workers at 15.8% and managers at 15.2%.
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 Cleveland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30622/cleveland/topic/employment