5.0% ▼ -24.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maleny · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Maleny
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Maleny, where 17.4% of people are employed in this field. The area has a very low proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This trend is reflected in the low number of full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the Queensland average, and the unemployment rate of 5.0% is higher than most similar areas.
43.3% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.4%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 43.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.3% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Outside of health and social care, education and training (11.4%) and retail trade (10.4%) are the main employers. Construction and accommodation and food services also employ around 9% and 8% of the workforce respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 25.2%, followed by managers at 15.3%. Technicians, trades, and community service workers each make up about 13% of the local workforce.
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 Maleny [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31739/maleny/topic/employment