4.2% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pallarenda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pallarenda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 68.8% of adults in Pallarenda are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high level of activity is matched by strong full-time employment, making the area much more active in the workforce than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More people are employed full-time here (61.1%) than in most other areas. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is a little below the Queensland figure and about the same as the rest of Australia.
68.8% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 68.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▼ -8.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 61.1%
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 20.8% of workers, followed by public administration and safety at 13.3% and education and training at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 37.4%, while community and personal service roles account for 15.7% of occupations.
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 Pallarenda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32256/pallarenda/topic/employment