0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glen Niven · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the biggest professional group in Glen Niven, where 35.7% of workers hold these roles. The area has a very small workforce overall, but those who are employed are almost all in full-time positions.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, far lower than the national figure of 5.1%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.2% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with construction leading at 28.6%. Agriculture, retail trade, and health care and social assistance each account for 21.4% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 19.0%. Professionals make up 14.3% of the local workforce, while labourers and sales workers account for 11.9% and 9.5% respectively.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Glen Niven [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31148/glen-niven/topic/employment