4.6% ▼ -30.1%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Currumbin Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Currumbin Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Part-time work is very common in Currumbin Valley, where only 51.3% of the workforce is employed full-time. This is well below the national figure of 58.9%. While the number of adults working or looking for work is typical for Australia, the area has a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Queensland and national figures. However, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is higher than most similar areas.
61.3% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 61.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -8.3%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance (14.4%) and construction (14.3%) as the most common industries, followed by education and training at 12.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.8%, with managers making up 18.0% of the workforce. Technicians and tradespeople also have a strong presence at 14.9%.
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 Currumbin Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30775/currumbin-valley/topic/employment