4.6% ▼ -18.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northgate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Northgate
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 Northgate than in most other areas. About 72.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high level of activity is supported by a strong full-time employment rate of 61.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is a little more common here than in Queensland, reaching 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
72.7% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 72.1%
- 2021: 72.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▼ -7.5%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for local workers at 15.7%, followed by professional and technical roles at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation. Other common roles include clerical and administrative work at 14% and managers at 12.3%.
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 Northgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32188/northgate/topic/employment