4.1% ▼ -39.1%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Oakhurst · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Oakhurst
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Oakhurst, where 17.9% of the workforce is employed in this field. The area has a strong employment profile, with full-time work being much more common here than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment is particularly strong at 63.0%, well above the Queensland average of 59.0%.
61.9% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.0% ▲ +4.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.6%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
After health care, the most common industries for local workers are manufacturing at 12.2% and retail trade at 10.1%. Education and training and public administration also employ around 9% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.8%. Professionals and clerical or administrative workers follow closely, each accounting for about 16% of the local workforce.
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 Oakhurst [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32211/oakhurst/topic/employment