5.8% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gulliver · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gulliver
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Gulliver, where 17.4% of employees work in this sector. While full-time employment is well above the national figure, the area has a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here at 62.7%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 57.0%, which is well below both the state and national figures.
57.0% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 62.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Apart from health care, the main industries people work in are education and training at 11.4%, construction at 11.2%, and public administration and safety at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 17.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.4% and community and personal service workers at 15.3%.
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 Gulliver [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31263/gulliver/topic/employment