3.0% ▼ -82.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Federal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Federal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest industry for workers in Federal, where 16.6% of employed people work in that sector. The area has a smaller workforce than most, with only 56.5% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few people here work full-time, at 49.7%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
56.5% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.7% ▲ +2.8%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Besides construction, the biggest employers are health care and social assistance at 15.9%, followed by other services at 10.8% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 26.8%, while community and personal service workers account for 15.9% 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 Federal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31025/federal/topic/employment