6.0% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pimpama · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pimpama
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Pimpama than in most similar areas. While 68.6% of adults are in the workforce, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most other places. This creates a local job market that is very active but carries more instability for some residents.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 68.6%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, the 6.0% unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas. Full-time work stands at 58.9%, which is about the same as the national average.
68.6% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 67.3%
- 2021: 68.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -11.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 58.9%
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 here, employing 15.4% of the workforce. Construction and retail trade follow closely behind, each employing around 12% of local workers.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 15.9% of the local workforce, closely followed by technicians and trades at 15.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.2% and clerical staff at 11.9%.
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 Pimpama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32318/pimpama/topic/employment