12.3% ▲ +22.6%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.0%
- 2016: 12.2%
- 2021: 12.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wattle Camp · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wattle Camp
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Wattle Camp has seen a shift in its local economy, marked by a high unemployment rate of 12.3% which is well above the national figure. While a good portion of the workforce is in full-time roles, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is far below state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 33.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%. Among those seeking jobs, the unemployment rate is 12.3%, which is well above the Australian figure of 5.1%.
33.5% ▼ -18.6%
Lower than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 41.1%
- 2016: 34.9%
- 2021: 33.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 14.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.1% and construction at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%, with sales workers also common at 16.1%. Technicians and trades people account for 13.9% 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 Wattle Camp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33009/wattle-camp/topic/employment