2.9% ▼ -22.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gumdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gumdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Gumdale than across Queensland, with 73.2% in the labour force. This strong employment rate is supported by a full-time work rate of 60.7%, which is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far above the state and national figures, sitting at 73.2%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 2.9%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
73.2% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 73.3%
- 2021: 73.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.7% ▼ -2.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 60.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer in the area at 13.1%, followed by professional and technical roles at 11.4% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.8%, with managers accounting for another 21.1% 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 Gumdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31266/gumdale/topic/employment