5.7% ▲ +13.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wishart · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wishart
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 Wishart compared to most similar areas. While 64% of adults are in the labour force, the area faces a bit more struggle with jobs, as the unemployment rate is 5.7%, which is much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most areas, sitting at 64%. However, full-time employment is 57.1%, which is a little below both the Queensland and national figures.
64.0% ▼ -3.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.4%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 57.1%
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 16.4%, followed by education and training at 11.5% and professional and technical services at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.2%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers at 14.6% and managers at 11.7%.
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 Wishart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33102/wishart/topic/employment