0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Conway · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Conway
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people work full-time in Conway compared to most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is a striking 0.0%, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 59.6%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Queensland average at 51.0%. This is a significant gap, as the state figure is 59.0%, though the local unemployment rate remains exceptionally low at 0.0%.
59.6% ▲ +10.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.0% ▼ -22.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 72.7%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with construction and education and training both accounting for 13.5% of jobs. Finance, insurance, public administration, and safety each make up 8.3% of industry employment.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common group at 17.7%. They are followed by community and personal service workers at 15.6% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.6%.
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 Conway [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30668/conway/topic/employment