3.6% ▲ +13.5%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sarina Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Sarina Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is remarkably high in Sarina Beach, with 67.8% of the workforce in permanent roles. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. While many residents hold these stable jobs, a much smaller proportion of the overall adult population is working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. However, the unemployment rate is low at 3.6%, sitting a little below the national average of 5.1%.
51.7% ▼ -17.5%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
67.8% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.5%
- 2016: 62.1%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 14.2%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.6% and retail trade at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 22.1%. Professionals account for 15.4% of jobs, while machinery operators and drivers represent 14.6% 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 Sarina Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32519/sarina-beach/topic/employment