4.8% ▼ -9.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wongaling Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wongaling Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer adults are working or looking for work in Wongaling Beach than in most similar areas. Only 52.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a unique local employment profile where a small portion of the population drives the local economy.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the local employment rate is much lower than most areas, the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia. Among those who do work, 59.7% are employed full-time, which is around the middle for its level.
52.3% ▼ -17.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.7% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in the area is spread across several sectors, led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.4%. Accommodation and food services follow closely at 12.0%, with construction making up 10.0% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals, labourers, and managers are the most common roles, each making up about 17% of the workforce. Community and personal service workers account for another 12.2% of occupations.
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 Wongaling Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33124/wongaling-beach/topic/employment