5.3% ▼ -43.1%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Reesville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Reesville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Low employment rates define the workforce in Reesville, where only 41.8% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far below both the Queensland figure of 61.6% and the national figure of 61.1%. The local job market is dominated by a mix of professional and trade roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.5% of people are employed full-time, which is far below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. The unemployment rate is 5.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
41.8% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.7%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 41.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.5% ▼ -13.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.6%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 40.5%
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 for local workers at 16.0%, followed by construction at 13.5% and education and training at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.0%, while managers and technicians and trades are equally common at 16.5% each.
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 Reesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32415/reesville/topic/employment