5.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Crows Nest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Crows Nest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 36.3% of adults in Crows Nest are working or looking for work, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia. This low level of workforce activity is coupled with an unemployment rate of 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 53.4%, well below the national figure of 58.9%. This is part of a broader trend where the share of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest at this level.
36.3% ▼ -12.9%
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.7%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 36.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -6.1%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 54.4%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.8%, followed by construction at 10.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%, with technicians and trades also common at 15.8%.
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 Crows Nest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30759/crows-nest/topic/employment