14.5% ▲ +35.8%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 27.8%
- 2021: 14.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Deepwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Deepwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 14.5% unemployment rate marks Deepwater as an area where finding work is significantly harder than in other parts of the state. Only 28.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas, at just 28.9%. This is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%, and full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 46.7%.
28.9% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.3%
- 2016: 28.3%
- 2021: 28.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.7% ▼ -20.3%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing, construction, and accommodation and food services each accounting for 11.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 28.3%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.7%. Sales workers account for 13.3% of the local workforce.
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 Deepwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30823/deepwater/topic/employment