9.1% ▲ +26.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meadowbrook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meadowbrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Meadowbrook, where 18.2% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While full-time work rates are similar to the national figure, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 9.1%, which is well above the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate of 9.1% is much higher than most areas, sitting well above the Queensland average of 5.4%.
59.7% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -11.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 58.1%
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 at 18.2%, followed by retail trade at 9.9% and construction at 8.8%. Other notable employers include education and training at 8.2% and manufacturing at 7.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 15.8%, with clerical and administrative roles following closely at 14.7%. Technicians and trades workers represent 13.8% of the workforce, while community and personal service roles account for 13.5%.
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 Meadowbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31795/meadowbrook/topic/employment