1.6% ▼ -81.5%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rainbow Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rainbow Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 23% of workers in Rainbow Beach are employed in accommodation and food services, making it the area's biggest industry. While the local jobless rate is very low at 1.6%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 45.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 47.0%, yet the unemployment rate is very low at 1.6%.
45.8% ▼ -11.7%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 45.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.0% ▼ -8.9%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 47.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Accommodation and food services lead the local workforce at 22.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.1%. Other common industries include education and training at 7.4% and administrative and support services at 6.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%. Professionals follow at 14.6%, with technicians and trades at 14.0% and labourers at 13.6%.
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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32385/rainbow-beach/topic/employment