10.7% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 17.2%
- 2021: 10.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Queenstown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Queenstown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 10.7% marks the current job market in Queenstown, which is well above the national figure. This town sees far fewer adults working or looking for work than most similar areas, with only 48.3% of the adult population active in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is among the highest for areas of this size, sitting well above the Tasmanian figure of 5.9%. Full-time employment for 55.5% of workers is about the same as the state average, but far below the Australian figure.
48.3% ▼ -14.6%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 49.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.5% ▼ -16.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 55.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 17.4%. Other significant employers include accommodation and food services at 11.9%, and health care and social assistance at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up 17.1% of the workforce, followed closely by labourers at 16.6% and machinery operators and drivers at 15.3%.
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 Queenstown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60531/queenstown/topic/employment