5.9% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Southside · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Southside
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few people are in the workforce in Southside, where only 49% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, and the local unemployment rate of 5.9% is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with 55.1% of the workforce in full-time roles.
49.0% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.4%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 49.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.1% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 55.1%
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 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly across several roles, with technicians and trades and labourers both at 14.9%, while professionals make up 14.5% of occupations.
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 Southside [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32612/southside/topic/employment