4.4% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Victoria Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Victoria Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Victoria Point compared to most similar areas. Only 55% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the figures for both Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 57.3% of the workforce are employed full-time, the overall rate of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
55.0% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -7.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 57.3%
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 at 14.9%, followed by construction at 12.5% and retail trade at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by technicians and trades at 16.5% and professionals at 16.2%, while 15.7% work in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Victoria Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32943/victoria-point/topic/employment