4.5% ▼ -0.9%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Freshwater · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Freshwater
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Freshwater than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is seen in a workforce where 73.5% of adults are employed or seeking jobs, which is 12 percentage points above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While most adults are active in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is higher than in most areas. Full-time employment sits at 56.3%, a little below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
73.5% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 73.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here at 23.8%, followed by education and training at 12.1%. Other common industries include public administration and safety at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.3%. Managers follow at 12.5%, while community and personal service workers account for 12.2% of the 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 Freshwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31087/freshwater/topic/employment