7.0% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.9%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Margate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Margate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Margate, employing 18.5% of the workforce. While many residents are employed, the area has a higher unemployment rate than most similar places. This reflects a workforce where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. The unemployment rate is 7.0%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1% and much higher than most similar areas.
54.4% ▼ 0.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 56.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction (11.7%) and education and training (9.3%) are the next biggest employers. Other common industries include retail trade at 8.4% and transport and warehousing at 6.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five people who work are professionals, while 15.2% are technicians and tradespeople. Other common roles include community and personal service workers (13.4%), clerical and administrative staff (12.7%), and managers (11.3%).
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 Margate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31764/margate/topic/employment