6.2% ▼ -21.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yorkeys Knob · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yorkeys Knob
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in full-time work in Yorkeys Knob than in most similar areas. While 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is much higher than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 53.3%. The share of adults working or looking for work is 59.4%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
59.4% ▼ -10.1%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 53.3%
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 18.6%. Other common industries include accommodation and food (9.9%) and retail trade (9.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.1%. Technicians and trades follow at 15.5%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 14.8% of the 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 Yorkeys Knob [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33223/yorkeys-knob/topic/employment