0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stoneleigh · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stoneleigh
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher employment rates than most similar areas define Stoneleigh, where 73.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is a highly active workforce with a rare 0.0% unemployment rate, far below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 66.2%, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This strong participation helps explain why the local unemployment rate is so much lower than most other areas.
73.5% ▲ +10.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 73.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.2% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 42.6%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Stoneleigh is spread across several key sectors, with manufacturing being the most common at 16.9%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance each account for 15.4% of roles.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%. Other common roles include professionals, machinery operators and drivers, and technicians and trades, each making up about 12% to 14% of the workforce.
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 Stoneleigh [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32671/stoneleigh/topic/employment