6.1% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yeppoon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yeppoon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yeppoon compared to most other areas, with only 51.7% in the labour force. Despite this, those who do have jobs are more likely to be in full-time roles than the state and national figures. This creates a local job market where employment is often steady but less common across the adult population.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, sitting well below the Queensland figure at 51.7%. Full-time employment is a little above the national average at 60.1%, though the unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas at 6.1%.
51.7% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.1% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Yeppoon at 14.4%, followed by education and training at 11.7%. Construction, mining, and retail trade each make up 9.0% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.3%, with technicians and trades following at 16.2%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.2% and labourers at 11.1%.
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 Yeppoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33219/yeppoon/topic/employment