4.3% ▼ -0.8%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manly West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Manly West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High employment rates define daily life in Manly West, where 65.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above both the Queensland and national figures, with a strong share of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.5% of workers are employed full-time, which is a little above the national figure. While the unemployment rate is 4.3%, this is slightly lower than the Queensland average of 5.4%.
65.7% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 14.6%, followed by education and training at 10.7% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 23.9% of workers, while 15.7% work in clerical and administrative jobs and 15.5% are managers.
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 Manly West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31749/manly-west/topic/employment