0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 21.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Horse Creek · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Horse Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very small portion of adults in Horse Creek are working or looking for work, with only 34.2% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%, though the area has a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 34.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 52.0%, well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
34.2% ▼ -27.4%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.1%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 34.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -8.5%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 40.7%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split evenly between accommodation and food services and other services, each making up 20.0%. Construction and transport and warehousing each account for 12.0% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 28.0%. This is followed by labourers at 24.0%, while technicians, trades, machinery operators and drivers each make up 16.0% 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 Horse Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31361/horse-creek/topic/employment