5.4% ▼ -17.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Runaway Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Runaway Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of the adults in Runaway Bay are currently working or looking for work. This reflects a local workforce that is much smaller than the state and national figures, with a typical employment profile focused on health care and professional roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 55.7%, while the unemployment rate is 5.4%, about the same as the state.
50.3% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 51.6%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.7% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 55.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance, where 14.3% of people work. Other common industries include construction at 11.6% and retail trade at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.7%, followed by managers at 16.7% and clerical or administrative staff at 15.0%.
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 Runaway Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32490/runaway-bay/topic/employment