3.7% ▲ +438.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Placid Hills · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Placid Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Placid Hills, where 13% of the workforce is employed in these fields. The area has a strong employment rate, with a higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, a little below the Queensland average of 5.4%.
65.5% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Other major industries include health care and social assistance at 11.1%, retail trade at 10.6%, and education and training at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are clerical and administrative work at 16%, followed by managers at 13.4% and technicians and tradespeople at 13%.
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 Placid Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32338/placid-hills/topic/employment