0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wallu · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wallu
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller share of the adult population is now working or looking for work in Wallu compared to the state average. Only 35.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Despite this low participation, the area has a 0.0% unemployment rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 40.6% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure far below the national average of 58.9%. This is consistent with the overall low number of adults working or looking for work in the area.
35.6% ▼ -42.5%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 44.9%
- 2021: 35.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
40.6% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 31.3%
- 2021: 40.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here, employing 28.1% of workers. Construction and health care and social assistance follow, each making up 18.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Sales workers are the most common occupation at 34.4%. Technicians and trades and labourers each account for 15.6% of the local 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 Wallu [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32969/wallu/topic/employment