4.0% ▼ -74.9%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.1%
- 2016: 20.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sunshine Acres · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Sunshine Acres
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 34 percentage point increase in adults working or looking for work has transformed Sunshine Acres into a highly active employment hub. While more people are engaged in the workforce than in 2011, the unemployment rate has dropped sharply to just 4.0%. This makes the area's job market much stronger than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 64.6%, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment stands at 56.6%, slightly below the Queensland average and down 6.5 points since 2011.
64.6% ▲ +108.2%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 31.1%
- 2016: 32.7%
- 2021: 64.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 56.6%
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 20.7%, followed by construction at 15.5% and retail trade at 11.4%. Education and training accounts for 8.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the most common occupation at 18.1%. Professionals make up 14.9% of the workforce, while community and personal service workers account for 13.9%.
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 Sunshine Acres [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321097/sunshine-acres/topic/employment