6.6% —
Higher than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sandstone Point - Ningi · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Sandstone Point - Ningi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Sandstone Point - Ningi than in 2016, with this figure falling 5.6 percentage points. The area has a low proportion of full-time workers and an unemployment rate that is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also well below the national rate at 53.6%, while unemployment has risen 1.6 points since 2016 to reach 6.6%.
46.9% —
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.6% —
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 53.6%
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 for local workers at 15.8%, followed by construction at 13.9% and retail trade at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades at 17.5%, while community and personal service workers make up 14.5% 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 Sandstone Point - Ningi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL314021/sandstone-point-ningi/topic/employment