4.7% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ironbark · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ironbark
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 44 percentage point gap separates Ironbark from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. While only 17.2% of adults are in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 4.7% remains about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.4%. This is much lower than most similar areas, which typically see about 59% of the workforce in full-time roles.
17.2% ▼ -35.2%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 26.6%
- 2016: 36.2%
- 2021: 17.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 13.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.6% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.6%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 15.9%, while labourers, managers and professionals each account for about 12% of occupations.
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 Ironbark [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31408/ironbark/topic/employment