4.2% ▲ +344.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.0%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Happy Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Happy Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than two thirds of adults in Happy Valley are working or looking for work, giving the area a very active workforce. Full-time employment is far more common here than in the rest of the state, with 70.6% of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common for 69.4% of adults, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is a little below the Queensland average.
69.4% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 71.6%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.6% ▼ -6.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.9%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 70.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant employer for 36.3% of the local workforce. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 13.9%, and education and training at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common occupation at 22.2%. This is followed by professionals and machinery operators and drivers, who each make up 19.1% 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 Happy Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31295/happy-valley/topic/employment