3.8% ▼ -43.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Noosa Heads · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Noosa Heads
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Noosa Heads compared to the rest of the country. Only 50.7% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is seen alongside a high concentration of jobs in tourism and hospitality.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the state and national figures, at just 47.2%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below both the Queensland and Australian rates.
50.7% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.6%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by accommodation and food services, which employ 16.9% of the workforce. Other major employers include health care and social assistance at 12.3% and professional and technical services at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 25.2% of jobs, followed by managers at 19.9%. Community and personal service workers account for 11.7% 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 Noosa Heads [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32160/noosa-heads/topic/employment