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Industry

  • Service industries employed more than 28,000 of the people in the Outer South-East Region in 2001, while production industries employed over 6,500 people.

  • There were 5,771 people in the Outer South-East Region who were employed in retail trade (16.3% of employed people). Proportions ranged from a high of 19.2% in Stretton-Karawatha to a low of 14.0% in Rochedale

  • There were 4,338 people in the Outer South-East Region who were employed in property and business services (12.3% of employed people). MacGregor had the highest proportion (13.7%) and Rochedale had the lowest proportion (9.9%).

  • In the Outer South-East Region, more than 10.0% of employed people worked in the manufacturing industry. The highest proportion was 12.9% in Kuraby and Runcorn.

  • In Mount Gravatt, 12.6% of employed people worked in education while, in Mount Gravatt East, 11.7% worked in health and community services.

 Industry (numbers)
 Employed persons (excl overseas visitors)
 
Production industries
Service industries
Manu-
facturing
No.
Construction
No.
Other
production
No.
Retail
trade
No.
Property &
business
No.
Education
No.
Health &
community
No.
Other
services
No.
 Eight Mile Plains
511 
338 
82 
874 
705 
400 
491 
1,719 
 Kuraby
295 
165 
50 
375 
258 
171 
177 
754 
 MacGregor
208 
123 
18 
410 
307 
205 
206 
716 
 Mansfield
476 
266 
83 
757 
528 
451 
443 
1,429 
 Mount Gravatt
99 
56 
28 
203 
167 
166 
150 
424 
 Mount Gravatt East
439 
283 
57 
639 
503 
447 
506 
1,358 
 Rochedale
41 
55 
61 
71 
50 
41 
47 
128 
 Runcorn
741 
331 
110 
918 
688 
428 
478 
1,955 
 Stretton-Karawatha
147 
74 
21 
259 
153 
87 
115 
443 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
323 
209 
20 
498 
368 
309 
314 
967 
 Wishart
430 
296 
65 
767 
611 
497 
500 
1,589 
 Outer South-East Region
3,710 
2,196 
595 
5,771 
4,338 
3,202 
3,427 
11,482 
 Brisbane City
42,376 
22,941 
8,055 
57,529 
59,878 
38,151 
46,138 
139,847 

 

 Industry (percentages)
 Employed persons (excl overseas visitors)
 
Production industries
Service industries
Manu-
facturing
%
Construction
%
Other
production
%
Retail
trade
%
Property &
business
%
Education
%
Health &
community
%
Other
services
%
 Eight Mile Plains
9.8% 
6.5% 
1.6% 
16.7% 
13.5% 
7.7% 
9.4% 
32.9% 
 Kuraby
12.9% 
7.2% 
2.2% 
16.4% 
11.3% 
7.5% 
7.7% 
32.9% 
 MacGregor
9.3% 
5.5% 
0.8% 
18.3% 
13.7% 
9.1% 
9.2% 
31.9% 
 Mansfield
10.6% 
5.9% 
1.9% 
16.9% 
11.8% 
10.1% 
9.9% 
31.9% 
 Mount Gravatt
7.5% 
4.2% 
2.1% 
15.4% 
12.7% 
12.6% 
11.4% 
32.1% 
 Mount Gravatt East
10.2% 
6.6% 
1.3% 
14.8% 
11.7% 
10.4% 
11.7% 
31.5% 
 Rochedale
8.1% 
10.9% 
12.1% 
14.0% 
9.9% 
8.1% 
9.3% 
25.3% 
 Runcorn
12.9% 
5.7% 
1.9% 
15.9% 
11.9% 
7.4% 
8.3% 
33.9% 
 Stretton-Karawatha
10.9% 
5.5% 
1.6% 
19.2% 
11.3% 
6.4% 
8.5% 
32.8% 
 Upper Mount Gravatt
10.5% 
6.8% 
0.7% 
16.2% 
12.0% 
10.1% 
10.2% 
31.5% 
 Wishart
8.9% 
6.1% 
1.3% 
15.9% 
12.6% 
10.3% 
10.3% 
32.9% 
 Outer South-East Region
10.5% 
6.2% 
1.7% 
16.3% 
12.3% 
9.0% 
9.7% 
32.4% 
 Brisbane City
10.0% 
5.4% 
1.9% 
13.6% 
14.2% 
9.0% 
10.9% 
33.1% 

 


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