0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.6%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Palm Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Palm Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the biggest slice of the workforce in Palm Grove, where 28.3% of workers hold this role. While unemployment is well below the national figure, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, but the unemployment rate is 0.0%, much lower than most areas.
54.8% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -23.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are administrative and support services at 19.6%, followed by retail trade at 13.0% and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of labourers, nearly a quarter of residents are managers (23.9%). Professionals and clerical workers each make up 13.0% 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 Palm Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32259/palm-grove/topic/employment