7.6% ▼ -22.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sunnybank · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sunnybank
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than usual unemployment rate of 7.6% shapes the local job market in Sunnybank. This is a little above the national figure of 5.1%, and the area has far fewer full-time workers than most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 50.1%.
57.4% ▲ +4.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.1% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 50.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16%, followed by accommodation and food services at 12.1% and retail trade at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About one in five residents are professionals, while technicians and trades, labourers, and community service workers each make up between 13.3% and 14.2% 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 Sunnybank [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32694/sunnybank/topic/employment