48.4% ▼ -40.0%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 80.6%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 48.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
West Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in West Point compared to the rest of the country. Only 48.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is 13 percentage points below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 48.4% of adults in West Point are working or looking for work. This is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6% and the national figure of 61.1%, and is much lower than most similar areas.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Health care & social assistance at 31%, ahead of Accommodation & food (25%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 19%, ahead of Professionals (19%).
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 West Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33039/west-point/topic/employment