8.1% ▲ +0.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 12.4%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kelvin Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kelvin Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kelvin Grove than in most similar areas. While 70.3% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate of 8.1% is well above the national figure of 5.1%. This creates a unique employment profile for the suburb, where a large number of people are active in the job market but struggle to find stable roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, though full-time employment is well below the Queensland figure at 52.4%. This helps explain why the unemployment rate is a little above the state average, sitting at 8.1%.
70.3% ▲ +8.7%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 70.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with the largest shares in health care and social assistance (15.7%) and professional and technical services (13.4%). Education and training (12.0%) and accommodation and food (11.8%) also employ a significant number of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.5%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.0%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 11.1%.
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 Kelvin Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31500/kelvin-grove/topic/employment