0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Silverleaf · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher rates of full-time work than most areas define Silverleaf, where 66.7% of the workforce holds a full-time role. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state average, those who are employed tend to have very stable roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 66.7%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is well below Queensland's 61.6%, while the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
52.5% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% —
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 44.4% of the workforce, followed by health care and social assistance at 29.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the local workforce are managers, accounting for 51.9% of occupations. Professionals make up 18.5%, while machinery operators, drivers and labourers each account for 11.1%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Silverleaf [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32569/silverleaf/topic/employment