0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 14.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Prince Of Wales · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Prince Of Wales
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Prince Of Wales than in most other areas. Only 44.6% of adults are part of the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are looking for a job have found success, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 44.0%, which is among the lowest for similar areas and far below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This mirrors the overall low number of adults working or looking for work in the area.
44.6% ▼ -24.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 30.8%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.0% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.2%
- 2016: 81.0%
- 2021: 44.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local employment is led by transport and warehousing at 40.0%, followed by accommodation and food services at 20.0% and public administration and safety at 16.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are clerical and administrative roles at 32.0%, while community and personal service workers and machinery operators and drivers each make up 24.0% 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 Prince Of Wales [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32366/prince-of-wales/topic/employment