3.3% ▼ -12.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Norman Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Norman Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Norman Park than in the rest of the state. The area is a professional hub where 78.4% of adults are active in the labour force, which is 17 percentage points above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is strong here, with 63.3% of people working full-time, well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. The unemployment rate is 3.3%, which is a little below both the state and national averages.
78.4% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.8%
- 2016: 76.2%
- 2021: 78.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▼ -7.6%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 63.3%
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 15.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.4% and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is dominated by professionals and managers, who make up 36.4% and 19.4% of jobs respectively, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.1%.
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 Norman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32164/norman-park/topic/employment