0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glen Echo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glen Echo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A surprisingly low number of adults are working or looking for work in Glen Echo compared to most similar areas. Despite this, those who are employed tend to have stable roles, with 60.9% working full-time. This is a little above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 53.5%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, falling well below both the state and national rates.
53.5% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Glen Echo is concentrated in two main sectors, with 30.4% of people in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 26.1% in construction.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 30.4%, followed by managers at 17.4% and labourers at 13.0%.
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 Glen Echo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31144/glen-echo/topic/employment