5.5% ▲ +126.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cranley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Cranley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Cranley compared to the rest of the country. Only 37.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is 24 percentage points below both the Queensland and national figures. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 5.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 58.2%, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. However, the local unemployment rate of 5.5% is higher than most other areas.
37.2% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.9%
- 2021: 37.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer for 21.4% of the workforce. Other common industries include manufacturing at 9.7% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 17.2%. Clerical and administrative work (15.2%) and technicians and trades (15.1%) also make up significant shares of the local workforce.
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 Cranley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30744/cranley/topic/employment