4.7% ▼ -20.5%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Main Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Main Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Work patterns in Main Beach have shifted since 2011, though it remains an area where far fewer adults work or look for work compared to the rest of the country. Only 51.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Queensland average. Full-time employment is also much lower than in most areas at 51.3%, while the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the national figure.
51.6% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -22.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.0%. Other major employers include professional and technical services at 9.3%, and education and training at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.9%, followed by managers at 21.0%. Clerical and administrative workers make up 13.4% of the local workforce.
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 Main Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31735/main-beach/topic/employment