4.8% ▲ +26.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 12.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Highworth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Highworth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Highworth than in most similar areas. Only 57.6% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower workforce participation is paired with a local unemployment rate of 4.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is less common here than in most areas, with 53.8% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below both the Queensland figure of 59% and the Australian figure of 58.9%.
57.6% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -6.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industry for local workers is health care and social assistance at 22.5%. Construction follows at 10.6%, with manufacturing and education also making up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is employed in community and personal service roles. Professionals make up 15.6% of the workforce, while clerical roles, technicians, and labourers each account for around 13%.
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 Highworth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31337/highworth/topic/employment