0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Devon Park · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 25 point gap separates Devon Park from the national figure for adults working or looking for work. This small area sees an exceptionally high proportion of its population in employment, with almost no one currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 85.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also very common at 69.4%, while the unemployment rate is well below the national average at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
85.7% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.4% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across a few main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 33.3%. Manufacturing accounts for 27.8%, while professional and technical services employ 13.9% of people.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 30.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 25.0%. Professionals and sales workers each account for 13.9% of the workforce, while labourers make up 11.1%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Devon Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30836/devon-park/topic/employment