3.5% ▼ -47.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Minyama · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Minyama
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns have shifted in Minyama, where just over half of adults now work or look for work. While the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.5%, far fewer people are in full-time roles compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 52.5%.
54.3% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 15.8%, followed by construction at 13.4% and retail trade at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is a professional, while 16% are managers and 14.6% work in clerical and administrative 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 Minyama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31858/minyama/topic/employment