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South East Queensland: Employed residents |
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Municipality |
Number of employed persons |
Annual change |
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2014 |
2018 |
2019 |
5 years |
Last year |
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Brisbane |
632,343 |
662,943 |
671,172 |
7,766 |
8,229 |
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Gold Coast |
291,212 |
321,601 |
333,754 |
8,508 |
12,153 |
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Ipswich |
88,266 |
99,703 |
103,269 |
3,001 |
3,566 |
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Lockyer Valley |
16,182 |
18,299 |
18,222 |
408 |
-77 |
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Logan |
123,066 |
151,453 |
148,943 |
5,175 |
-2,510 |
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Moreton Bay |
206,582 |
218,328 |
219,055 |
2,495 |
727 |
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Noosa |
25,502 |
26,715 |
27,424 |
384 |
709 |
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Redland |
77,539 |
81,457 |
84,288 |
1,350 |
2,831 |
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Scenic Rim |
17,356 |
19,568 |
19,875 |
504 |
307 |
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Somerset |
9,979 |
10,607 |
10,758 |
156 |
151 |
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Sunshine Coast |
142,076 |
150,240 |
156,427 |
2,870 |
6,187 |
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Toowoomba |
73,744 |
80,766 |
77,967 |
845 |
-2,799 |
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Total SEQld |
1,703,847 |
1,841,680 |
1,871,154 |
33,461 |
29,474 |
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Matusik + Small Area Labour Markets Australia. Years ending June. |
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Some areas are doing better than others.
However, the overall trend is down, with fewer new jobs being created across SEQld last year when compared to the previous five year average.
Also, of note is that if Brisbane is going to continue to create about a quarter of the new jobs in the region, it really needs to think through its new housing development policies.
Does Brisbane really want to be a doughnut city, where most workers reside elsewhere and commute in and out of the city each day? Do Brisbane residents want to pay the lion’s share of that burden? Or is it best to have people work and live within a close commute? I wonder.
Regardless of my muse, new job creation is the challenge for Queensland and a big factor as to how the local housing market plays out during 2020.
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