18.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 18.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lilyvale · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A staggering 18.2% unemployment rate marks Lilyvale as a place where finding work is much harder than in the rest of the state. While most adults are active in the workforce, the number of people without a job is far higher than national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. However, the unemployment rate is far above the national figure, sitting at 18.2%.
18.2% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
61.1% —
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Retail trade at 32%, ahead of Health care & social assistance (26%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Labourers at 21%, ahead of Managers (16%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Lilyvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31659/lilyvale/topic/employment