51.6% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 84.4%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Ficks Crossing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ficks Crossing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Ficks Crossing have shifted over the last decade, though it remains a sparsely populated area. A striking 61.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the Queensland average. However, those who are employed are more likely to work full-time than people in most other areas.
61.9% —
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 33.3%
- 2021: 61.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Ficks Crossing is split evenly between mining, construction, and retail trade, each employing 19.0% of the workforce. Education and health care each make up 14.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common workers at 42.9%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 33.3%. No one in the area works as a manager.
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 Ficks Crossing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31034/ficks-crossing/topic/employment