4.5% ▲ +113.6%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 10.1%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meikleville Hill · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meikleville Hill
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is common in Meikleville Hill, where 68% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While full-time roles are frequent, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
57.0% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 52.7%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.0% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 68.0%
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 for local workers at 21.4%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 12.1% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.5%, and an equal share of managers and clerical staff at 13.1% each.
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 Meikleville Hill [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31798/meikleville-hill/topic/employment