3.5% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hunchy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Hunchy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small number of people in Hunchy are in the workforce, with only 57.7% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure, though the unemployment rate is a little lower than the Australian average at 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is far less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 46.6% of residents employed full-time. This is 12 percentage points lower than the Queensland average.
57.7% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.6% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 46.6%
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, employing 20.1% of workers. Education and training follow at 11%, while construction and food and accommodation both sit at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%, followed by technicians and trades at 18% and managers at 15.9%.
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 Hunchy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31374/hunchy/topic/employment