6.4% ▼ -14.7%
Higher than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cairns - South · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Cairns - South
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Cairns - South, where 17.9% of workers are in this sector. The local job market faces some challenges, with an unemployment rate of 6.4% that is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Queensland figure. Full-time employment fell 6.0 percentage points since 2011 to reach 58.7%.
60.4% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 60.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 51% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 64.7%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, a large portion of the workforce is employed in accommodation and food (10.3%) and retail trade (10.0%), while construction and education each employ over 8% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.6%, followed by community and personal service workers (15.4%) and technicians and tradespeople (15.3%).
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 Cairns - South [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30602/cairns-south/topic/employment