7.7% ▲ +43.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 12.3%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gladstone · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gladstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Gladstone compared to most similar areas. Only 51.4% of adults are in the labour force, a figure well below the national average. This lower employment rate is paired with an unemployment rate of 7.7%, which is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in the rest of the state, with only 51.5% of the population employed full-time. This is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
51.4% ▲ +7.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.1%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.5% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 51.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Gladstone, accounting for 22.5% of jobs. Retail trade follows at 13.0%, while construction makes up 8.9% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.9%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 15.4%, while community and personal service workers and labourers each account for 14.2% of jobs.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11643/gladstone/topic/employment