7.9% ▼ -30.3%
Higher than 88% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 11.4%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 7.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Inala · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Inala
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults, just 55.2%, are working or looking for work in Inala compared to most other areas. While full-time employment has climbed since 2011, the area still faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 7.9%, which is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national figure of 5.1%. This is an improvement from 2011, when unemployment sat at 11.4%.
55.2% ▲ +21.3%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 45.5%
- 2016: 43.6%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▲ +3.5%
Lower than 53% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 58.4%
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 15.2%, followed by manufacturing at 10.7% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%, while 14.5% work in community and personal service and 13.2% are labourers.
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 Inala [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30036/inala/topic/employment