3.2% ▲ +118.3%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.5%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenden · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenden
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Glenden than in most similar areas. A huge 79.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. This high level of employment is underpinned by a strong local mining sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 76% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is far above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.2%, a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
76.0% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 74.9%
- 2021: 76.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
79.9% ▲ +11.3%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 79.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for the town, employing 50.7% of the workforce. Other common industries include construction at 10.2% and education and training at 8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up 21.2% of jobs, followed closely by machinery operators and drivers at 20.4%. Professionals account for 16.4% 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 Glenden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31157/glenden/topic/employment