3.9% ▼ -43.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Verrierdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Verrierdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Verrierdale than in most similar areas. While 64.2% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is far below the state and national figures at 48.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are more common here than in most similar areas, sitting at 64.2%. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
64.2% ▲ +2.8%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.3%, followed closely by construction at 13.1% and education and training at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.3%, with technicians and trades workers following closely at 20.1%.
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 Verrierdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32938/verrierdale/topic/employment