16.1% ▲ +280.7%
Higher than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 16.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenwood · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Glenwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 31 percentage point gap separates the number of adults working or looking for work in Glenwood from the Queensland average. This is a challenging job market where unemployment has climbed to 16.1%, and the proportion of full-time workers has dropped significantly since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 30.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This decline is linked to a sharp fall in full-time employment and an unemployment rate that has risen to 16.1%, far above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
30.5% ▼ -54.3%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 39.2%
- 2021: 30.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.9% ▼ -28.9%
Lower than 92% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 44.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.5%, followed by construction at 10% and retail trade at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%, while community and personal service roles account for 14.5% and technicians and trades for 14.3%.
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 Glenwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321044/glenwood/topic/employment