6.1% ▼ -24.4%
Higher than 78% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gold Coast - North · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Gold Coast - North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gold Coast - North than in most similar areas. Only 54.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While the unemployment rate is 6.1%, this is a drop of 2.0 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Queensland figure at 54.1%, a figure that has fallen 6.3 percentage points since 2011. The unemployment rate is 6.1%, which is a little above the Australian average of 5.1%.
54.4% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 79% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -10.4%
Lower than 82% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by construction at 10.6% and retail trade at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 19.3% of the local workforce, while technicians and trades account for 14.0%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.3%.
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 Gold Coast - North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/30903/gold-coast-north/topic/employment