6.3% ▼ -21.0%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gracemere · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Gracemere
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Gracemere than in most similar areas, with 64.2% of adults in the workforce. This creates a busy local economy where full-time employment has risen to 61.2% since 2011. While the unemployment rate is higher than most areas at 6.3%, it has fallen by 1.7 percentage points over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure. Full-time employment is also a little above the Queensland average, reflecting a workforce that has grown more active since 2011.
64.2% ▲ +23.7%
Higher than 82% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.2% ▲ +5.3%
Higher than 75% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 64.4%
- 2021: 61.2%
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 17.6%, followed by retail trade at 10.6%. Other significant sectors include transport and warehousing at 8.6% and mining at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades make up the largest group of workers at 16.5%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 14.4% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.2%.
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 Gracemere [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL313005/gracemere/topic/employment