1.4% ▼ -61.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hodgson Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hodgson Vale
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 Hodgson Vale compared to the rest of the country. This active workforce is backed by a very low unemployment rate of just 1.4%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 72.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure far above both Queensland and Australia. Full-time employment is also a little above the national average at 60.1%.
72.5% ▼ -1.2%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.4%
- 2016: 71.8%
- 2021: 72.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.2%
- 2016: 64.2%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are education and training at 16.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.3% and construction at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four people are employed as professionals, while 16.6% work as managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.8% and clerical or administrative work at 12.9%.
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 Hodgson Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31345/hodgson-vale/topic/employment