18.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.6%
- 2021: 18.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Causeway Lake · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 18.0% is among the highest for areas like Causeway Lake. While full-time employment is high for those who are working, far fewer adults are in the workforce compared to the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. However, for those employed, 62.7% have full-time roles, a rate well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
18.0% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.0% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.7% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in accommodation and food services at 15.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.7%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.5%, with community and personal service workers accounting for another 23.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Causeway Lake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30563/causeway-lake/topic/employment