2.6% ▲ —
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wellcamp · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wellcamp
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wellcamp compared to the rest of the country. While only 37.3% of adults are in the labour force, those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high at 68.7%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. This coincides with a low unemployment rate of 2.6%, which is a little below the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
37.3% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 68.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction leading at 19.1%. Other significant industries include transport and warehousing at 13% and health care and social assistance at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five workers is employed in clerical and administrative roles. Managers make up 15.7% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades at 13.9%.
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 Wellcamp [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33024/wellcamp/topic/employment