3.7% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karawatha · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Karawatha
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A slightly lower rate of adults working or looking for work defines Karawatha, where 58.7% of the adult population is in the labour force. This is a little below both the Queensland and national figures, though the area's unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment for 58.1% of residents is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. The local unemployment rate of 3.7% is a little below the national average of 5.1%.
58.7% ▲ +112.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.6%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in the area at 22.5%, followed by transport and warehousing at 14.0% and accommodation and food services at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.1%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 15.5% 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 Karawatha [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31488/karawatha/topic/employment