9.8% ▲ +26.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 17.3%
- 2021: 9.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Stuart · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Stuart
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 9.8% unemployment rate marks Stuart as an area where finding work is much harder than in other similar places. While many of those employed work full-time, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 13.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is coupled with an unemployment rate well above the state and national averages.
13.7% ▼ -49.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 27.0%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 13.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▼ -17.7%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 70.2%
- 2021: 59.4%
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 19.3%, followed by construction at 12.8%. Other notable sectors include public administration and safety, transport, and manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.1%. Professionals, community and personal service workers, and labourers each represent between 12.8% and 13.9% 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 Stuart [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32683/stuart/topic/employment