1.6% ▼ -50.9%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Rainbow Beach · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Rainbow Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over 20% of workers in Rainbow Beach are employed in accommodation and food services, the largest industry in the area. While unemployment is very low at 1.6%, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6% and has fallen 20 points since 2011. Full-time employment has also dropped sharply to 46.5%, though the unemployment rate is very low at 1.6%.
46.7% ▼ -30.5%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.2%
- 2016: 68.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.5% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 46.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is driven by hospitality and tourism, with accommodation and food services making up 20.7% of jobs. Other common industries include retail trade at 10.1% and education and training at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation group at 18.4%. This is followed by professionals at 15%, and then technicians, trades, and labourers, who each make up 14.4% 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 Rainbow Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315082/rainbow-beach/topic/employment