6.9% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eastern Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eastern Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 6.9% unemployment rate marks Eastern Heights as having a much higher jobless rate than most similar areas. While many of the local workforce are in full-time roles, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are often in full-time roles, at 61.1%, slightly above the Queensland average.
52.5% ▼ -2.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 61.1%
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 local workers at 15.8%, followed by education and training at 10.7% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.3%, while clerical and administrative jobs make up 14.5% 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 Eastern Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30935/eastern-heights/topic/employment