9.1% ▲ +34.8%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 9.4%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kinka Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kinka Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Kinka Beach compared to the rest of the state. While full-time employment is about the same as the national figure, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate of 9.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This gap is matched by an unemployment rate of 9.1%, which is well above both the state and national rates.
41.4% ▼ -12.3%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 40.6%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in accommodation and food services at 15.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Local jobs are spread across several fields, with technicians and trades workers making up the largest group at 16.7%, followed by labourers at 14.5%.
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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31549/kinka-beach/topic/employment