6.6% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Clontarf · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Clontarf
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 6.6% unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas for Clontarf. While many residents work in healthcare or construction, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, a little below the national level of 58.9%.
57.3% ▼ -2.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 57.5%
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 17.3%, followed by construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 16.5%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 16.2% and clerical or administrative work at 14.5%.
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 Clontarf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30629/clontarf/topic/employment