3.2% ▼ -20.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nerimbera · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nerimbera
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of working-age adults are employed or seeking work in Nerimbera compared to the rest of the country. Only 54.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, those looking for work find it relatively easy, with an unemployment rate of 3.2% that is a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is less common here than in most areas, with 55.2% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
54.6% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -26.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.8%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with manufacturing being the most common industry at 14.7%. Mining and health care and social assistance both follow at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 15.5%, and labourers at 14.7%.
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 Nerimbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32119/nerimbera/topic/employment