5.0% ▼ -19.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Atherton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Atherton
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 Atherton compared to the rest of the country. Only 50.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap defines the local job market, where full-time employment is also well below state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas. Full-time employment is also well below the Queensland figure at 55.6%, while the unemployment rate is 5.0%, about the same as the national rate.
50.5% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 55.6%
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 16.1%. Other main industries include retail trade at 11.6% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 15.8%. Community and personal service workers and labourers are equally common at 14.8% each.
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 Atherton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30096/atherton/topic/employment