5.4% ▼ -11.5%
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Queensland · State / Territory
Jobs & Industry in Queensland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Queensland, with 15.4% of the workforce in this field. The state has a balanced job market where about 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure almost identical to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59% of people have full-time jobs, though this is 4.9 percentage points lower than in 2011. The unemployment rate is 5.4%, which is slightly higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
61.6% ▼ -1.9%
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -7.6%
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.3% and construction at 9.1%. Education and training and accommodation and food services also employ large numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.4%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.7%, clerical and administrative staff at 12.7%, and managers at 12.5%.
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 Queensland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ste/3/queensland/topic/employment