8.0% ▲ +125.0%
Higher than 97% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 8.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Hervey Bay · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Hervey Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Hervey Bay than in the rest of the state, with only 43.6% in the labour force. This gap is partly because the unemployment rate is a little above the national figure at 8.0%. Full-time employment has also dropped significantly since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time work fell by 9.6 percentage points since 2011 to 54.0%, and the unemployment rate rose to 8.0%.
43.6% ▼ -35.7%
Lower than 98% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 43.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -15.1%
Lower than 80% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer in Hervey Bay, making up 24.0% of the workforce. Retail trade follows at 11.6%, with accommodation, food, education, and construction each accounting for around 9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 19.0% of local jobs, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 18.0%. Technicians and trades represent 13.7%, while labourers and clerical staff each account for about 11% of the workforce.
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 Hervey Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/3009/hervey-bay/topic/employment