4.0% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Speewah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Speewah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Speewah, where 15.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While the local unemployment rate of 4.0% is a little below the national figure, fewer people here work full-time compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, sitting at 54.5%.
58.6% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.5% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by education and training at 10.3% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.2%, with technicians and trades closely following at 21.3%.
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 Speewah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32615/speewah/topic/employment