8.9% ▲ +23.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 8.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Horseshoe Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Horseshoe Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Horseshoe Bay compared to the rest of the country. Only 51.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a local workforce that is significantly smaller than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.9%, which is well above both the Queensland figure of 5.4% and the national rate of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average, with only 44.5% of the workforce in full-time roles.
51.7% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
44.5% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 44.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are concentrated in the visitor economy, with 19.7% of people working in accommodation and food services and 15.0% in retail trade.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.5%, followed closely by professionals at 15.7% and managers at 15.0%.
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 Horseshoe Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31362/horseshoe-bay/topic/employment