3.9% ▼ -17.1%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wellington Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wellington Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of residents are in the workforce compared to the rest of the country, with 67.1% of adults in Wellington Point working or looking for work. This is well above both the Queensland and national figures. The local economy is diverse, with a strong presence of professionals and healthcare workers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
67.1% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.6% ▼ -8.5%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 58.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.8%, followed by construction at 10.6% and education and training at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 21.9%. Managers and clerical or administrative workers also make up a large share, at 15.2% and 15.0% respectively.
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 Wellington Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33027/wellington-point/topic/employment