4.1% ▲ +12.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Armstrong Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Armstrong Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is much more common in Armstrong Beach than in most similar areas. While fewer adults are working or looking for work overall, those who are employed are more likely to be in permanent, full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.3% of people have full-time jobs, which is well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 57.7%, well below both the state and national rates.
57.7% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 68.6%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer in the area, with 16.0% of the workforce in this sector. Transport and warehousing follow at 13.0%, while retail trade employs 11.3% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machine operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 23.0%. This is followed by technicians and tradespeople, who account for 20.0% of occupations.
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 Armstrong Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30084/armstrong-beach/topic/employment