4.5% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Keppel Sands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Keppel Sands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Keppel Sands are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. This gap is the most striking feature of the local workforce, where only 44.8% of adults are in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Among those employed, 58.0% have full-time roles, while the unemployment rate of 4.5% is higher than in most similar areas.
44.8% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.1%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 14.7%, followed by retail trade at 12.0% and health care and social assistance at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.7%, while 17.3% of the local workforce are labourers.
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 Keppel Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31514/keppel-sands/topic/employment