3.0% ▼ -21.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Farleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Farleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Farleigh sees a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than most similar areas. This strong local participation is reflected in a low unemployment rate of 3%, which is a little below the national figure. Most of the workforce is employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both Queensland (61.6%) and Australia (61.1%). Full-time employment sits at 57.3%, which is a little below the national average of 58.9%.
70.5% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.6%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 11.4%. Construction and education and training also feature strongly, at 10.7% and 9.6% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group of jobs at 21.3%. Professionals follow at 15.2%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13% 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 Farleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31019/farleigh/topic/employment