9.0% ▼ -0.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 9.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Millbank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Millbank
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 Millbank, where nearly a quarter of the workforce is employed in this sector. While many residents have steady full-time roles, the area faces a significant employment challenge with a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This is matched by a high unemployment rate of 9.0%, well above the 5.4% seen across the state.
45.3% ▲ +1.5%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.6%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 11.7%, education and training at 7.9%, and accommodation and food services at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest occupational group at 16.6%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 16.0% and labourers at 15.3%.
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 Millbank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31838/millbank/topic/employment