2.7% —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rocky Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Rocky Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 13 percentage point gap separates Rocky Point from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. Most people here have secure, full-time roles, which has kept the local unemployment rate at a low 2.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, with 74.5% of adults in the labour force. This is far above the Queensland figure of 61.6%, and 71.2% of residents are employed full-time.
74.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 77.1%
- 2021: 74.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.2% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.5%
- 2021: 71.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for the area, employing 40.0% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 10.8% and health care and social assistance at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades make up 21.5% of jobs, closely followed by machinery operators and drivers at 20.0%. Professionals account for 16.0% 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 Rocky Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32458/rocky-point/topic/employment