0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Evanslea · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high employment rate defines daily life in Evanslea, where 87.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure, and with no one currently unemployed, the area shows a remarkably strong attachment to the workforce.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 71.4% of the workforce employed full-time. This is far above both the Queensland and Australian figures, which sit around 59%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
87.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Over half the workforce (57.1%) works in agriculture, forestry and fishing, while manufacturing and education and training each account for 14.3% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 28.6% of the local occupations, while no residents are employed as professionals, technicians, tradespeople or in clerical roles.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Evanslea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31008/evanslea/topic/employment