3.0% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hendra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hendra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional and technical roles are the biggest employer in Hendra, where nearly 14% of the workforce is in this field. The area has a very high number of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This strong employment profile is backed by a high proportion of full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 70.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 63.3%, while the 3.0% unemployment rate is a little below the Queensland average.
70.7% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 69.6%
- 2021: 70.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 13.9% and health care and social assistance at 13.2%. Other notable sectors include retail trade at 8.4% and education and training at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.9%, followed by managers at 22.2%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13.1% of the workforce, while sales workers make up 9.1%.
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 Hendra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31320/hendra/topic/employment