5.3% ▲ +110.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Emu Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Emu Vale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Emu Vale are working or looking for work, a figure that has shifted since 2011. This is a much lower rate than most other areas, with only 44.4% of residents in full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is far smaller than the national figure, with only 49.7% of adults working or looking for work. The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures.
49.7% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.4% ▼ -27.2%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 44.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 27.8% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 12.5%, while retail trade accounts for 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 23.6%. Clerical and administrative staff and labourers each make up 18.1% of the workforce, while 13.9% work as machinery operators and drivers.
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 Emu Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30976/emu-vale/topic/employment