4.0% ▼ -45.7%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Currumbin Waters · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Currumbin Waters
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the top industry for workers in Currumbin Waters, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed. While the number of adults working or looking for work is about the same as the national figure, full-time employment is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is similar to the Queensland figure. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 53.0%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 4.0%.
61.4% ▲ +3.5%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 61.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 53.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are health care and social assistance (15.5%) and construction (14.1%). Retail trade follows at 10.4%, with education and training at 9.7% and accommodation and food services at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 20.9%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (12.8%), managers (12.3%), and clerical and administrative staff (12.2%).
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 Currumbin Waters [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30776/currumbin-waters/topic/employment