7.7% ▼ -5.7%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 7.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lockrose · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lockrose
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lockrose than in most similar areas. Only 48.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This employment gap is paired with a high unemployment rate of 7.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. While 57.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, this is slightly below the Queensland average of 59.0%.
48.8% ▼ -13.2%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 47.9%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -5.0%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 13.9%, followed by manufacturing at 10.1% and health care and social assistance at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up 17.3% of the local workforce. This is followed by labourers at 16.8% and machinery operators and drivers at 15.4%.
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 Lockrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31674/lockrose/topic/employment