3.8% ▲ +27.3%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kanimbla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kanimbla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kanimbla than in most similar areas. While 73.3% of adults are active in the labour force, a smaller share of these workers hold full-time positions compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 73.3% of the population, which is far above the Queensland and Australian figures. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 55.9%, while the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little lower than the national rate.
73.3% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.5%
- 2016: 71.5%
- 2021: 73.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 18.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.1% and accommodation and food services at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.9%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.7% and technicians and tradespeople 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 Kanimbla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31483/kanimbla/topic/employment