20.9% ▼ -32.3%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 30.8%
- 2016: 38.2%
- 2021: 20.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hope Vale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hope Vale
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 Hope Vale than in most similar areas. While 63.7% of the workforce is employed full-time—a figure well above the national average—the unemployment rate of 20.9% is among the highest in the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This contributes to a very high unemployment rate of 20.9%, standing far above the national average of 5.1%.
42.5% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.7% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 67.8%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is largely employed in public administration and safety (24.6%), followed by health care and social assistance (16.7%) and education and training (13.3%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 24.6%, while 16.7% of workers are professionals and 13.8% are machinery operators and drivers.
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 Hope Vale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31357/hope-vale/topic/employment