10.1% ▲ +18.7%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.2%
- 2021: 10.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balgal Beach · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Balgal Beach
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 Balgal Beach than in the rest of the country. While 61.7% of the workforce is in full-time roles, the overall number of people employed or seeking jobs has plummeted over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 38% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a sharp drop from 2011, while the unemployment rate has risen to 10.1%, well above the Queensland figure of 5.4%.
38.0% ▼ -44.7%
Lower than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.8%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 38.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▲ +5.4%
Higher than 77% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 61.7%
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 15.2%, followed by construction at 13.9% and education and training at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between professionals and labourers, who each make up 14.9% of workers, with technicians and machinery operators both at 13.5%.
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 Balgal Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321008/balgal-beach/topic/employment