6.6% ▼ -20.8%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Silkstone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Silkstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 5 percentage points separates Silkstone from the state and national figures for adults working or looking for work. Only 56% of adults are in the labour force, while the unemployment rate is 6.6%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.4% of residents work full-time, which is about the same as the national figure, the local unemployment rate is a little above both Queensland and Australia.
56.0% ▲ +1.9%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Silkstone are health care and social assistance at 14.7%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and education and training at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Jobs are spread across several fields, with technicians and trades workers making up 15.3% of the workforce, closely followed by professionals and community service roles at around 15% 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 Silkstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32560/silkstone/topic/employment