6.7% ▼ -2.3%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redcliffe · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Redcliffe
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Redcliffe, with nearly one in five workers in this sector. While many people work in professional roles, the area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. At the same time, the unemployment rate is 6.7%, a little above the national figure of 5.1%.
47.7% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 47.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Nearly 20% of the workforce is employed in health care and social assistance. Other common industries include construction at 9.9%, retail trade at 8.8%, and education and training at 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 18.1% of jobs. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.3% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.1%.
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 Redcliffe [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32406/redcliffe/topic/employment