4.3% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Whitsunday · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Whitsunday
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are in the workforce in Whitsunday than in most similar areas. Full-time work is particularly common here, with 62.3% of the population employed full-time. This is well above both the Queensland and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. While the unemployment rate of 4.3% is a little below the state average, full-time employment has fallen 5.8 percentage points since 2011.
61.0% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 60.7%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.3% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 66% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by accommodation and food services, where 17.2% of people work. Other major employers include construction at 8.9% and retail trade at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.7%, followed closely by labourers at 15.4%. Managers account for 12.8% of the local workforce.
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 Whitsunday [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA37340/whitsunday/topic/employment