3.4% ▲ +14.4%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Winston · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Winston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the biggest employer in Winston, where 27.5% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area has a very strong employment profile, with 73.8% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the Queensland average at 74.5%. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
73.8% ▲ +10.7%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 70.1%
- 2021: 73.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.5% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.4%
- 2016: 76.4%
- 2021: 74.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the large mining sector, the most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance at 13.9%, and education and training at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up 21.4% of the workforce, followed by professionals at 16.9% and machinery operators and drivers at 15.8%.
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 Winston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33098/winston/topic/employment