8.4% ▼ -15.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 14.3%
- 2021: 8.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moore Park Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moore Park Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Finding a job can be a challenge in Moore Park Beach, where the unemployment rate is 8.4%. This is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also low at 52.9%, well below the national average of 58.9%.
45.1% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 45.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.9% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 21.9%, followed by retail trade at 11.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split almost evenly between professionals (15.5%), labourers (15.4%), and community and personal service workers (14.9%).
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 Moore Park Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31905/moore-park-beach/topic/employment