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Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part)

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A high proportion of people are working or looking for work in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), where 62.6% of adults are active in the labour market. While the area has a strong work participation rate, the share of full-time roles has fallen significantly since 2011.

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📍 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part), Urban Centre

Where Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) sits — Unemployment rate

5.4% ▼ -27.9%

All urban centre areas, 2021. The marker is Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) — higher than 60% of areas.

Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part)5.4%
4226, QLD 5.1%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time employment sits at 54.5%, which is well below the figures for Queensland and Australia. The unemployment rate is 5.4%, about the same as the state and national figures, though this has improved since 2011.

Unemployment rate

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5.4% ▼ -27.9%

Higher than 60% of urban centre areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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62.6% ▲ +0.8%

Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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54.5% ▼ -10.2%

Lower than 59% of urban centre areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 15.1%, followed by construction at 11.3% and retail trade at 10.4%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most frequent occupation for 20.4% of workers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.1%, and managers, community and personal service workers, and clerical staff at around 12.6% to 12.9% each.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) — Professionals leads at 21%, ahead of Technicians & trades (14%) and Managers (13%).

Professionals 20.4% Technicians & trades 14.1% Managers 12.9% Community & personal service 12.9% Clerical & administrative 12.6% Sales workers 10.5% Labourers 9.2% Machinery operators & drivers 5.1%

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 Gold Coast - Tweed Heads (Gold Coast Part) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL302001/gold-coast-tweed-heads/topic/employment