5.1% ▼ -3.0%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sandgate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sandgate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 56.9% of adults in Sandgate are working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average. While most people who are employed work full-time, the local unemployment rate is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 56.9%, which is well below both the Queensland figure of 61.6% and the national average. At the same time, the unemployment rate is 5.1%, about the same as for the rest of the country.
56.9% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 59.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.4%, followed by education and training at 11.8%. Public administration and safety also employ a significant 9.1% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation in Sandgate, accounting for 31.0% of workers. Managers make up 16.5%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.5% of the 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 Sandgate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32508/sandgate/topic/employment