13.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sapphire Central · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sapphire Central
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the biggest employer in Sapphire Central, with 17.1% of workers in this field. The area faces significant job challenges, with a very high unemployment rate of 13% compared to the national figure of 5.1%. Only 30.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the state and national rates.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas, with only 52.1% of the workforce in these roles. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59%.
30.4% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.1% —
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade (14.3%) and accommodation and food services (12.2%) are the next most common industries after mining, followed by health care and social assistance at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machine operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 21.3%. Managers (15.7%) and labourers (15%) also form significant parts 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 Sapphire Central [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32516/sapphire-central/topic/employment