6.4% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Petrie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Petrie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Petrie. While a high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.4%, which is much higher than most areas.
66.5% ▼ -7.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 69.0%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▼ -8.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 59.5%
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 14.2%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and construction at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation at 19.1%, while clerical and administrative positions make up 15.4% of the 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 Petrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32303/petrie/topic/employment