0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ma Ma Creek · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Ma Ma Creek have remained relatively steady, though the area now sees a much smaller share of its adults working or looking for work than the national figure. Only 57.9% of adults are in the labour force, but the local unemployment rate is exceptionally low at 0.0%. This means almost everyone who wants a job in the area has one.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is less common here than in most areas, with 53.4% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
57.9% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.4% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several different sectors. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training are the most common industries, each accounting for 13.7% of jobs.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and labourers are the most frequent roles in the area, each making up 17.8% of occupations. Professionals follow at 15.1%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Ma Ma Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31713/ma-ma-creek/topic/employment