4.9% ▲ +18.0%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yeerongpilly · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yeerongpilly
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 Yeerongpilly than in most other areas. About 75.1% of the adult population is active in the labour market, which is 14 percentage points above the national figure. This workforce is mostly employed in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 61.6%, which is a little above the Queensland and Australian figures. While the unemployment rate is 4.9%, this is about the same as the state and national averages.
75.1% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 75.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.6% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.6%
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 16.4%, followed closely by education and training at 15.7%. Professional and technical services also employ a significant 12.7% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 42.2%. Managers account for 13.2% of occupations, while clerical and administrative roles make up 11.2%.
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 Yeerongpilly [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33215/yeerongpilly/topic/employment