0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Myrtlevale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Myrtlevale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 69.9% puts Myrtlevale far above the national figure. This is a productive area where a higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. Most strikingly, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below both the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Queensland average. Full-time employment is particularly strong here at 69.9%, which is 11 percentage points higher than the Australian average.
65.5% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.9% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade being the most common at 16.5%. Other significant industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.6% and manufacturing at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 23.3%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 19.4%. Labourers make up 16.5% of the workforce, while technicians and trades account for 13.6%.
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 Myrtlevale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32096/myrtlevale/topic/employment