5.0% ▼ -37.1%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.0%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mission Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mission Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Mission Beach than in most similar areas. Only 56.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This lower participation is a defining feature of the local workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 56.0%. While the unemployment rate of 5.0% is higher than in most similar areas, it is about the same as the national figure of 5.1%.
56.9% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is spread across several sectors, with construction being the most common industry at 11.9%. This is followed closely by accommodation and food at 11.5%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.8%. Technicians and trades follow at 17.0%, while professionals and managers account for 16.6% and 14.3% of the workforce respectively.
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 Mission Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31863/mission-beach/topic/employment