5.3% ▼ -44.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beerburrum · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beerburrum
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce than in most other areas, which shapes daily life in Beerburrum. Only 54.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average of 61.1%. This lower participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.3%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment stands at 56.2%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This is lower than the rate seen in most other areas.
54.8% ▼ -3.1%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 54.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 14.1%, followed by construction at 12.7% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles for locals are technicians and trades at 18.0%, while managers make up 13.4% and professionals account for 12.7% 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 Beerburrum [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30203/beerburrum/topic/employment