9.1% ▲ +60.7%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kinka Beach · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kinka 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 Kinka Beach compared to most similar areas. While full-time employment is relatively common for those in the workforce, the area faces a much higher unemployment rate than the state or national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. This has come alongside a much higher unemployment rate of 9.1%, a figure that rose 3.4 points since 2011.
41.4% ▼ -27.6%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 41.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -16.6%
Higher than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are accommodation and food services at 15.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, with labourers at 14.5% and professionals at 13.1%.
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 Kinka Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321061/kinka-beach/topic/employment