3.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 8.2%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hideaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Managers make up the biggest professional group in Hideaway Bay, with 20.5% of workers in this role. The area has a notably small workforce, as only 42% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, sitting at 53%.
3.4% —
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
42.0% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.0% —
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry at 15.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 10.8% and health care and social assistance at 9.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond managers, technicians and trades people are common at 19.3%, with professionals accounting for 16.9% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Hideaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31328/hideaway-bay/topic/employment