0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Storm King · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small workforce defines Storm King, where only 56.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While employment levels are low, the area has an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is much lower than the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 42.3% of residents are employed full-time, a figure that is far below the 59% seen across Queensland. This contributes to the overall lower number of adults working or looking for work compared to most areas.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
56.5% —
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.3% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 17.3%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing, administration, and education all follow at 13.5% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 32.7%. Technicians and trades people make up 21.2% of the workforce, while managers, community services, and machinery operators each account for 9.6%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Storm King [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32674/storm-king/topic/employment