7.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gladstone · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Gladstone
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Manufacturing is the biggest employer in Gladstone, where 14.7% of the workforce is employed in the sector. The area has a high number of people working or looking for work, though it also faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Queensland figure. This is driven by a strong full-time employment rate of 63.3%, which is well above the national average and has risen since 2011.
64.2% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.3% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 86% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing leads the local economy at 14.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.7% and construction at 10.3%. Retail trade and education also employ significant portions of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%. Other common roles include professionals at 15.7%, labourers at 12.1%, and machinery operators and drivers at 11.7%.
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 Gladstone [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3006/gladstone/topic/employment