4.4% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rocksberg · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rocksberg
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest employer in Rocksberg, with 23.5% of the workforce in this field. While many residents are in trade or management, the area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to most other regions.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also a little below the national average at 56.1%, while the 4.4% unemployment rate is higher than in most areas.
56.6% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▲ +7.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by construction at 23.5%, followed by retail trade at 9.1% and health care and social assistance at 8.3%. Other services and manufacturing make up 7.6% and 6.1% of the workforce respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common at 19.7%, closely followed by managers at 18.9%. Technicians and tradespeople make up 17.4% of workers, with professionals and labourers each accounting for around 12% to 13%.
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 Rocksberg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32453/rocksberg/topic/employment