2.2% ▼ -64.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 11.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stanwell · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stanwell
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Stanwell compared to the rest of the country. Only 56.8% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, those who are employed are likely to have stable work, with a very low unemployment rate of 2.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here at 61.9%, which is well above the Australian figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is just 2.2%, which is much lower than most other areas and well below the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
56.8% ▼ -10.8%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 58.0%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.9% ▼ -15.0%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.9%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 61.9%
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 workers at 15.7%, followed closely by construction at 14.9% and mining at 13.4%. Education and training employs 11.2% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most frequent jobs at 22.4%, while machinery operators and drivers make up 17.9%. Labourers account for 14.2% of occupations, followed by community and personal service workers 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 Stanwell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32656/stanwell/topic/employment