4.4% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Highvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Highvale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Highvale than in most similar areas, with 67.4% of adults in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Most of these workers are in full-time roles, and the area has a professional workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment sits at 58.6%, about the same as the national rate of 58.9%, while the unemployment rate is 4.4%.
67.4% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 67.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 13.5% of the workforce. Other major sectors include professional and technical services at 10.6%, followed by construction and education at 9.4% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 30.7% of workers, followed by managers at 20.1%. Clerical and administrative jobs make up 12.7% of the local workforce, while technicians and trades account for 12%.
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 Highvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31336/highvale/topic/employment