8.7% ▼ -24.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.5%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 8.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Manunda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Manunda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher unemployment rate of 8.7% marks the current job market in Manunda, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 54.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that sits well below both the state and national averages. This means more residents here are out of the workforce compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is much higher than most areas, sitting at 8.7%. Meanwhile, the share of people employed full-time is 54.2%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
54.9% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.3%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 18.0%, followed by accommodation and food services at 13.1% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most people work in community and personal service roles (18.3%) or as professionals (15.5%). Technicians and trades workers, labourers, and clerical staff each make up between 11.4% and 14.7% of the 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 Manunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31755/manunda/topic/employment