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At the 2001 Census, more than six out of every ten people aged 15 years and over in the Outer South-East Region were in the labour force, a total of 38,197 people. At that time the unemployment rate in the region was 7.4%.
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Unemployment rates in the Outer South-East Region ranged from a high of 9.7% in MacGregor to a low of 5.8% in Mansfield and Wishart.
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The highest participation rate was in Kuraby where 70.3% of the population aged 15 years and over were in the labour force. This was in contrast to Rochedale where the participation rate was 52.6%.
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In the Outer South-East Region, Kuraby had the highest proportion of people aged 15 years and over in full-time employment (45.9%) while Mansfield had the highest proportion of people in part-time employment (20.7%).
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Labour force status (numbers)
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Persons aged 15 years and over (excl overseas visitors)
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Employed
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Unemployed
No.
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Total
labour
force
No.
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Not in
the labour
force
No.
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Not
Stated
No.
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Total
persons
15 and over
No.
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Full-time
No.
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Part-time
No.
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Hours not
stated
No.
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Eight Mile Plains |
3,313 |
1,720 |
182 |
485 |
5,700 |
2,895 |
218 |
8,813 |
Kuraby |
1,599 |
634 |
59 |
155 |
2,447 |
965 |
71 |
3,483 |
MacGregor |
1,373 |
786 |
90 |
242 |
2,491 |
1,784 |
89 |
4,364 |
Mansfield |
2,834 |
1,534 |
116 |
278 |
4,762 |
2,491 |
146 |
7,399 |
Mount Gravatt |
828 |
464 |
30 |
108 |
1,430 |
1,046 |
58 |
2,534 |
Mount Gravatt East |
2,833 |
1,376 |
94 |
321 |
4,624 |
2,750 |
224 |
7,598 |
Rochedale |
311 |
161 |
25 |
33 |
530 |
447 |
30 |
1,007 |
Runcorn |
3,784 |
1,813 |
161 |
533 |
6,291 |
2,861 |
229 |
9,381 |
Stretton-Karawatha |
862 |
433 |
55 |
94 |
1,444 |
848 |
68 |
2,360 |
Upper Mount Gravatt |
1,984 |
983 |
109 |
279 |
3,355 |
2,680 |
221 |
6,256 |
Wishart |
3,092 |
1,584 |
152 |
295 |
5,123 |
2,354 |
245 |
7,722 |
Outer South-East Region |
22,813 |
11,488 |
1,073 |
2,823 |
38,197 |
21,121 |
1,599 |
60,917 |
Brisbane City |
276,259 |
135,644 |
10,980 |
32,066 |
454,949 |
234,821 |
24,687 |
714,457 |
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Labour force status (percentages)
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Persons aged 15 years and over (excl overseas visitors)
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Employed
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Unemployed
%
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Total
labour
force
%
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Not in
the labour
force
%
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Not
Stated
%
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Total
persons
15 and over
%
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Full-time
%
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Part-time
%
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Hours not
stated
%
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Eight Mile Plains |
37.6% |
19.5% |
2.1% |
5.5% |
64.7% |
32.8% |
2.5% |
8.5% |
Kuraby |
45.9% |
18.2% |
1.7% |
4.5% |
70.3% |
27.7% |
2.0% |
6.3% |
MacGregor |
31.5% |
18.0% |
2.1% |
5.5% |
57.1% |
40.9% |
2.0% |
9.7% |
Mansfield |
38.3% |
20.7% |
1.6% |
3.8% |
64.4% |
33.7% |
2.0% |
5.8% |
Mount Gravatt |
32.7% |
18.3% |
1.2% |
4.3% |
56.4% |
41.3% |
2.3% |
7.6% |
Mount Gravatt East |
37.3% |
18.1% |
1.2% |
4.2% |
60.9% |
36.2% |
2.9% |
6.9% |
Rochedale |
30.9% |
16.0% |
2.5% |
3.3% |
52.6% |
44.4% |
3.0% |
6.2% |
Runcorn |
40.3% |
19.3% |
1.7% |
5.7% |
67.1% |
30.5% |
2.4% |
8.5% |
Stretton-Karawatha |
36.5% |
18.3% |
2.3% |
4.0% |
61.2% |
35.9% |
2.9% |
6.5% |
Upper Mount Gravatt |
31.7% |
15.7% |
1.7% |
4.5% |
53.6% |
42.8% |
3.5% |
8.3% |
Wishart |
40.0% |
20.5% |
2.0% |
3.8% |
66.3% |
30.5% |
3.2% |
5.8% |
Outer South-East Region |
37.4% |
18.9% |
1.8% |
4.6% |
62.7% |
34.7% |
2.6% |
7.4% |
Brisbane City |
38.7% |
19.0% |
1.5% |
4.5% |
63.7% |
32.9% |
3.5% |
7.0% |
Further information
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