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Redwood · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Redwood

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Redwood compared to most similar areas. While many residents hold professional roles, the unemployment rate of 5.6% is much higher than in most other comparable places.

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📍 Redwood, Suburb / Locality

Where Redwood sits — Unemployment rate

5.6% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Redwood — higher than 74% of areas.

Redwood5.6%
4350, QLD 5.5%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 57.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with 55.2% of the workforce in full-time roles.

Unemployment rate

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5.6% —

Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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57.3% ▼ -33.2%

Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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55.2% —

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 23.9%, followed closely by education and training at 20.9%. Other services, retail trade, and public administration each employ around 9% to 10% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Redwood splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (27%) and Education & training (23%), with Other services at 12%.

Health care & social assistance 23.9% Education & training 20.9% Other services 10.4% Retail trade 9.0% Public administration & safety 9.0% Manufacturing 7.5% Construction 4.5% Wholesale trade 4.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group at 43.3%, with managers accounting for another 22.4%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, representing 16.4% of occupations.

Occupations people work in

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In Redwood, the largest group is Professionals at 41%, followed by Managers (21%) and Clerical & administrative (15%).

Professionals 43.3% Managers 22.4% Clerical & administrative 16.4% Community & personal service 9.0% Technicians & trades 7.5% Sales workers 7.5%

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 Redwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32413/redwood/topic/employment