3.2% ▼ -18.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wavell Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wavell Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wavell Heights compared to the rest of the country. This active workforce is underpinned by a strong employment rate, with 73.2% of adults engaged in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has a high rate of employment, with 61.7% of people working full-time, which is a little above the national figure. This contributes to an unemployment rate of 3.2%, which is a little below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
73.2% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 73.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.0%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.8%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.4% and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.7%, while managers make up 17.6% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative workers account for another 14.4% of the community.
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 Wavell Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33015/wavell-heights/topic/employment