5.6% —
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Foreshores · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Foreshores
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of people work full-time in Foreshores compared to the rest of the state. While 61% of adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a challenge with an unemployment rate of 5.6%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 54.4%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59%. This stands in contrast to the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work, which is 61% and about the same as the national figure.
61.0% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.8%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% —
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 77.4%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing leading at 16.2%. Construction follows at 14.7%, while health care and electricity, gas and water both account for 10.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common workers at 23.5%. This is followed by managers and machinery operators and drivers, who each make up 22.1% 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 Foreshores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31060/foreshores/topic/employment