0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parklands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parklands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Parklands, where 13.7% of the workforce ever since the last census has been in this field. The area has an unusually low unemployment rate of 0.0%, though full-time work is much less common here than in the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A small proportion of residents are employed full-time at 46.1%, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, sitting well below both the state and national figures.
58.3% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.1% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 58.2%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in the area are health care and social assistance (13.7%) and retail trade (11.8%). Construction and education and training each account for 9.8% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 19.6%, followed by technicians and trades workers at 15.7%. Community and personal service roles make up 14.7% of jobs, while machinery operators and drivers account for 13.7%.
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 Parklands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32275/parklands/topic/employment