2.1% ▼ -43.1%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 11.3%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dolphin Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dolphin Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest employment group in Dolphin Heads, where 28.2% of workers hold these roles. The area has a very strong employment rate, with 69.1% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment is high here, with 68.5% of people working full-time, well above the Queensland figure of 59.0%. This contributes to a very low unemployment rate of 2.1%, which is well below the national 5.1%.
69.1% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.2%
- 2016: 68.0%
- 2021: 69.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.5% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 73.9%
- 2021: 68.5%
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 at 13.4%, followed closely by mining at 13.0%. Other significant sectors include retail trade at 10.1% and professional and technical services at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles are common, with professionals and managers making up 28.2% and 20.6% of the workforce respectively. Technicians and trades account for 10.9%, while sales workers make up 9.7%.
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 Dolphin Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30860/dolphin-heads/topic/employment