4.0% ▲ +60.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Miles · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Miles
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Miles, where 64.5% of the workforce holds a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While the local unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the Australian average, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than in most areas, sitting at 64.5%. However, only 55.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%.
55.3% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.5% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 64.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in Miles are in retail trade (12.1%), followed by health care and social assistance (10.5%) and construction (10.4%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.2%, with labourers (15.5%) and machinery operators and drivers (13.4%) also being very common roles.
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 Miles [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31833/miles/topic/employment