4.7% ▼ -37.9%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 22.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moa Island · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moa Island
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work on Moa Island compared to the rest of the country. Only 42.6% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This trend is reflected in the low rate of full-time employment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are far below the Queensland figure at 42.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 49.6%, while the 4.7% unemployment rate is about the same as the rest of Australia.
42.6% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 48.2%
- 2021: 42.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.6% ▲ +17.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.4%
- 2016: 59.6%
- 2021: 49.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in public administration and safety, which employs 25.6% of people. Education and training is the next biggest sector at 23.1%, followed by construction at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 17.1% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.7%.
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 Moa Island [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31868/moa-island/topic/employment