15.5% ▼ -14.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.3%
- 2016: 28.1%
- 2021: 15.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Glenwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small fraction of adults are working or looking for work in Glenwood, with only 31.2% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure, and the area faces a significant unemployment rate of 15.5%, which is among the highest for similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Few residents are in full-time roles, at 47.2%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This coincides with a very low overall workforce rate of 31.2%, which is 30 points lower than the state and national averages.
31.2% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 35.2%
- 2016: 29.4%
- 2021: 31.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.7%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 47.2%
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 here at 16.4%, followed by construction at 10.7% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%, while technicians and trades people account for 14.0% of the 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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31176/glenwood/topic/employment