4.1% ▼ -29.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Palmwoods · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Palmwoods
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of people work full-time in Palmwoods compared to most other areas. While 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, the typical employment pattern here differs significantly from the state and national trends.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the Queensland and Australian figures. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 52.6%, and the unemployment rate is a little below the state figure at 4.1%.
61.6% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 56.8%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.5%, followed by construction at 12.9% and retail trade at 10.2%. Other common industries include education and training and accommodation and food services.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.5%. Technicians and trades people follow at 15.9%, with clerical and administrative roles and managers also representing significant shares 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 Palmwoods [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32265/palmwoods/topic/employment