4.2% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cornubia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cornubia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people are working or looking for work in Cornubia than in most similar areas. This high activity is reflected in the 69.3% of adults in the workforce, with a large majority of those employed working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 69.3%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also a little above the national figure at 61.7%, while the unemployment rate of 4.2% is a little below the state average.
69.3% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 71.9%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.0% and education and training at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 22.0%, while 16.3% of the workforce are technicians and tradespeople.
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 Cornubia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30727/cornubia/topic/employment