3.4% ▲ +52.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karrabin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Karrabin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Karrabin than in most similar areas. This is a productive community where 68.9% of adults are in the labour force, with a very high proportion of people employed in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The employment rate is well above the national figure, with 66.7% of people working full-time. This strong participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
68.9% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.0%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 68.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▼ -3.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People here work across a variety of fields, though health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.3%. Other notable sectors include construction at 9.3% and public administration and safety at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.4%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 19.1%. Managers make up 15.1% of the workforce, while 12% work in community and personal services.
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 Karrabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31489/karrabin/topic/employment