3.4% ▼ -39.3%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Paradise Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Paradise Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Paradise Point compared to the rest of the state. Only 52.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This suggests a higher number of residents are retired or not seeking employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is a little below the national figure at 56.3%. While fewer adults are working overall, the unemployment rate of 3.4% is a little below both the state and national averages.
52.5% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -7.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.2%, followed closely by construction at 12.9% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers make up the largest groups of workers, accounting for 20.2% and 19.9% of occupations respectively, while clerical and administrative roles account for 15.2%.
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 Paradise Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32269/paradise-point/topic/employment