4.5% ▼ -24.0%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parrearra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parrearra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Parrearra than in most similar areas. Just 53.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also lower than usual, sitting at 54.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 53.4%, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is 4.5%, this is higher than most similar areas, though about the same as the state and national rates.
53.4% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 56.4%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in the area is health care and social assistance, where 19.5% of people work. This is followed by retail trade and construction, which each employ 10.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 24% of workers are professionals, the most common occupation in Parrearra. Managers make up 14.8% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles account for 13.4%.
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 Parrearra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32280/parrearra/topic/employment