1.2% ▼ -51.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Draper · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Draper
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Draper than in most similar areas. This high activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 1.2%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 75% of adults are in the workforce, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.6%, nearly identical to the Queensland rate of 59%.
75.0% ▲ +3.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 69.7%
- 2021: 75.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 58.6%
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 14.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.4% and health care and social assistance at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27%, while managers account for 18.7% 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 Draper [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30875/draper/topic/employment