2.5% ▲ +10.4%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pacific Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pacific Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults in Pacific Heights are working or looking for work compared to most similar areas. While only 57.6% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are mostly in full-time roles, and the unemployment rate is a very low 2.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 2.5%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below the Queensland figure, sitting at 57.6%.
57.6% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.6%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.4% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 15.3%. Other significant employers include mining at 11.8% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five residents is a professional, which is the most common occupation at 20.2%. Technicians and trades workers make up another 16.3% 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 Pacific Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32246/pacific-heights/topic/employment