5.6% ▲ +16.2%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rosslea · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rosslea
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Rosslea, where 64.8% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While more people are working or looking for work than in most areas, the unemployment rate is also much higher than in similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 66.8% of the population, which is well above the Queensland figure. However, the unemployment rate is 5.6%, a result that is about the same as the state and national figures.
66.8% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 64.8%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 65.4%
- 2021: 64.8%
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 19.9%. Other common industries include public administration and safety at 12.1% and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.1% and clerical or administrative staff at 13.0%.
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 Rosslea [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32478/rosslea/topic/employment