3.7% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newport · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newport
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 Newport. This is a professional area where 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is common here at 62.9%, a rate well above both Queensland and Australia. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
64.9% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.9%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employment sectors are health care and social assistance at 14.9%, followed by construction at 10.9% and retail trade at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most typical occupation at 23.6%, while managers make up another 19.9% 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 Newport [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32136/newport/topic/employment