2.1% ▼ -63.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Southern Cross · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Southern Cross
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.1% marks Southern Cross as an area where far more people are in work than in similar places. Most adults here are employed full-time, keeping the local workforce steady and consistent with figures across Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.4% of adults are working or looking for work. While full-time employment is around the middle for its level at 59.2%, the unemployment rate is well below the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
61.4% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.7%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.2% ▼ -12.2%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 65.7%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer at 14.1%, followed by education and training at 11.6% and health care and social assistance at 10.5%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also employ 9.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades make up the largest group of workers at 20.6%. Other common roles include machinery operators and drivers at 15.5% and labourers at 13.4%.
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 Southern Cross [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32608/southern-cross/topic/employment