7.0% ▼ -20.1%
Higher than 86% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 10.4%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wide Bay · Region (SA4)
Jobs & Industry in Wide Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wide Bay than they were in 2011. This shift is seen in the 47.2% who are in the labour force, a figure that is far below the national level. While the unemployment rate is still a little above the national figure at 7.0%, it has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than most areas, sitting at 47.2%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 3.1 percentage points since 2011 and is now a little below the national figure at 56.1%.
47.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 88% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 50.1%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 70% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 59.2%
- 2016: 57.5%
- 2021: 56.1%
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 18.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.5%. Other major industries include education and training, construction, and agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 14.8%, followed closely by professionals at 14.6% and community and personal service workers at 14.5%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 13.9% of the 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 Wide Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/319/wide-bay/topic/employment