10.6% ▼ -17.2%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.8%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 10.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Victory Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Victory Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for those working in Victory Heights, where 17.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with a typical resident much less likely to be in full-time work than those in other parts of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This is reflected in a high unemployment rate of 10.6%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
55.5% ▼ -11.8%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% ▼ -18.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Outside of health care, retail trade is the next largest employer at 12.9%, followed by construction at 11.9%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food services at 8.5% and manufacturing at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 17.9%. Labourers make up 15.4% of the workforce, while technicians and trades people account for 14.9%.
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 Victory Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32945/victory-heights/topic/employment