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Cape Gloucester · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Cape Gloucester

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Mining is the biggest industry in Cape Gloucester, where 18.4% of workers are employed in the sector. This is a sparsely populated area with a small workforce, though it currently records an unemployment rate of 0.0%.

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📍 Cape Gloucester, Suburb / Locality

Where Cape Gloucester sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Cape Gloucester — lower than 99% of areas.

Cape Gloucester0.0%
4800, QLD 3.7%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 55.3%.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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54.1% —

Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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55.3% —

Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Mining leads the local economy at 18.4%, followed by manufacturing and accommodation and food services, which both account for 15.8% of jobs.

Industries people work in

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Cape Gloucester splits fairly evenly between Mining (21%) and Manufacturing (18%), with Accommodation & food at 18%.

Mining 18.4% Manufacturing 15.8% Accommodation & food 15.8% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 10.5% Health care & social assistance 10.5% Arts & recreation 10.5% Construction 7.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.1%. This is followed by community and personal service workers and labourers, who each represent 15.8% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Cape Gloucester — Technicians & trades leads at 24%, ahead of Community & personal service (18%) and Labourers (18%).

Technicians & trades 21.1% Community & personal service 15.8% Labourers 15.8% Professionals 10.5% Sales workers 10.5% Clerical & administrative 7.9% Machinery operators & drivers 7.9%

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 Cape Gloucester [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30527/cape-gloucester/topic/employment