3.9% ▲ +44.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Healy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Healy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Healy than in the rest of Queensland. Full-time employment is especially strong here, with 75.7% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is 17 percentage points above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is very common here, at 75.6%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, a little below both the state and national levels.
75.6% ▼ -0.3%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.9%
- 2016: 76.6%
- 2021: 75.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.7% ▲ +1.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.6%
- 2016: 76.3%
- 2021: 75.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer in the area, accounting for 32.3% of jobs. Education and training (12.6%) and health care and social assistance (11.9%) are also significant industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 23.3%, followed by professionals at 18.9%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff (12.5%) and managers (11.2%).
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 Healy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31310/healy/topic/employment