7.0% ▼ -29.1%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.8%
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Craignish · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Craignish
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 Craignish compared to the state average. While about 55.4% of adults are in the labour force, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places, sitting at 7.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate of 7.0% is a little above the Queensland figure of 5.4%. Full-time employment stands at 57.8%, which is a little below the national figure of 58.9%.
55.4% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -0.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 57.8%
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 for local workers at 20.9%, followed by construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.9%. Technicians and trades workers follow at 16.3%, with community and personal service workers at 16.2%.
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 Craignish [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30742/craignish/topic/employment