6.5% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 6.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Underwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Underwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce is evident in Underwood, where 67.8% of adults are now working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1% and significantly higher than most similar areas. While employment is high, the local unemployment rate of 6.5% is also a little above the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, and 60.0% of the population is employed full-time. This full-time rate is about the same as the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
67.8% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.1%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.0% ▼ -9.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 60.0%
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 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.4% and construction at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 23.4%, while clerical and administrative work accounts for 14.0% of jobs.
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 Underwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32897/underwood/topic/employment