3.6% ▲ +51.2%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bakers Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bakers Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Bakers Creek than in most similar areas. This is a productive community where 65.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is particularly strong here, with a typical workforce focused on technical and industrial roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 65.7%, well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
65.4% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.7% ▼ -9.3%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.4%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 65.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The workforce is split evenly between mining and health care and social assistance, each employing 12.6% of people. Other common industries include construction at 9.6% and accommodation and food services at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technical and trade roles are the most common occupation at 22.0%. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 15.0% and labourers at 14.8%.
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 Bakers Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30119/bakers-creek/topic/employment