10.7% ▲ +86.2%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 10.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sun Valley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sun Valley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 10.7% shapes the job market in Sun Valley, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Despite this, the area has a strong core of full-time workers and a workforce heavily focused on industrial and trade roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.2% of adults are working or looking for work, slightly above the Queensland figure. While full-time employment is a little higher than the national average at 60.4%, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas.
63.2% ▼ -12.6%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.4% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry here at 14.2%, followed by construction at 11.8% and health care and social assistance at 11.1%. Retail trade and education also employ a significant share of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by technicians and trades, who make up 20.4% of jobs. Labourers are the next most common group at 14.4%, with professionals and machinery operators each accounting for 12.2%.
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 Sun Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32690/sun-valley/topic/employment