3.2% ▼ -34.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fraser Island · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Fraser Island
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common on Fraser Island than in the rest of the state, with 73% of the workforce in permanent roles. The local job market is heavily dominated by the tourism sector, reflecting the island's unique geography and economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. The unemployment rate is 3.2%, a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
61.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.0% ▲ +3.3%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.7%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 73.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is overwhelmingly driven by tourism, with 60.7% of people working in accommodation and food services. Other roles are much rarer, including administrative support at 9% and public safety at 4.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 31.5%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 20.2%, labourers at 18%, and community or personal service workers at 15.7%.
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 Fraser Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31081/fraser-island/topic/employment