6.9% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Strathpine · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Strathpine
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Strathpine, where 16.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area generally matches state and national patterns for employment, though it faces a higher local unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. However, the unemployment rate is 6.9%, which is much higher than most areas and slightly above the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
62.5% ▼ -4.5%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.1% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 59.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the second most common industry at 10.8%, followed by construction at 9.1% and manufacturing at 7.7%. Education and training accounts for 6.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest occupational group at 16.2%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 15.2% and professionals at 14.8%.
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 Strathpine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32680/strathpine/topic/employment