7.5% ▲ +59.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 7.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Airlie Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Airlie Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A striking 30.3% of workers in Airlie Beach are employed in accommodation and food services. This heavy reliance on the tourism industry shapes the local workforce, although the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, at 63.8%. However, unemployment is a little above the national figure at 7.5%, and full-time employment is slightly lower than the Australian average.
63.8% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.2%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -19.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 70.6%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Tourism is the dominant employer, with nearly a third of the workforce in accommodation and food. Other key industries include transport and warehousing at 8.7% and health care at 6.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are in community and personal services at 19.7% and management at 19.2%. Professionals, technicians and trades, and labourers each make up between 13% and 14% 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 Airlie Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30016/airlie-beach/topic/employment