2.6% ▲ +32.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenella · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenella
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A surge in employment has seen the workforce in Glenella grow significantly since 2011. Most people here are in stable work, with 63.4% employed full-time, a figure well above the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, at 70.6%. This high activity is matched by a low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below the Queensland figure.
70.6% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.0%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.4% ▼ -8.7%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 63.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.2%, followed by mining at 11.6%. Other common industries include retail trade and education.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 20.9% of workers. Technicians and tradespeople make up another 18.8% 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 Glenella [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31159/glenella/topic/employment