4.8% ▼ -20.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pelican Waters · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pelican Waters
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Less than half of adults in Pelican Waters are working or looking for work, at 47.8%. This is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. It is a place where many people are not in the workforce, and full-time employment is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, while the unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the rest of the country.
47.8% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 47.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.1% ▼ -11.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.4%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 51.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.8% and construction at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation here at 20.5%. Other common jobs include clerical and administrative work at 15.9% and managers at 15.5%.
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 Pelican Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32294/pelican-waters/topic/employment