4.6% ▲ +6.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Flaxton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Flaxton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Flaxton than in most other areas. Only 48.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This profile shows a workforce heavily weighted toward professional and health care roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas at 48.3%. Full-time employment is also far below the Queensland figure, with only 46.8% of the population employed full-time. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
48.3% ▲ +0.1%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 44.8%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 46.8%
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 workers in Flaxton at 17.6%. Other significant employers include education and training at 12%, and accommodation and food services at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 23.5%, followed by managers at 16.9%. Technicians and trades people make up 15.4% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers account for 14.2%.
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 Flaxton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31050/flaxton/topic/employment