5.2% ▼ -26.4%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beerwah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beerwah
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 Beerwah than in the rest of the country. Only 57.8% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is matched by a lower rate of full-time employment compared to both Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.2% of the community is employed full-time, a figure well below the Queensland average of 59.0%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 5.2%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
57.8% ▼ -0.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.2% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance (15.8%) and construction (13.4%). Other common industries include retail trade at 9.4% and education and training at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.4%. This is followed by professionals at 15.5% and community and personal service workers at 13.1%.
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 Beerwah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30205/beerwah/topic/employment