6.5% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Doolandella · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Doolandella
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Doolandella compared to the rest of the country. While 70% of adults are in the labour force, the area also faces an unemployment rate of 6.5%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is slightly more common here than across Queensland.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Australian average of 61.1%. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.5%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
70.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.6%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for residents at 17.4%. Other significant sectors include manufacturing at 10.2% and retail trade at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.2%, followed by community and personal service workers at 15.6%. Labourers and technicians and trades workers each account for 12.5% of the 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 Doolandella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30863/doolandella/topic/employment