5.2% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Helensvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Helensvale
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 Helensvale, where 15.0% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a high proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This active workforce is balanced by an unemployment rate of 5.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.2% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.1%, slightly below both the state and national rates.
64.2% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by health care and social assistance at 15.0%. Other major employers include construction at 11.9% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.3%. Managers, technicians, and tradespeople each make up 14.7% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.7%.
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 Helensvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31315/helensvale/topic/employment