13.7% ▲ +291.4%
Higher than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 13.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Sapphire · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Sapphire
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A sharp rise in unemployment to 13.7% defines the current job market in Sapphire. Far fewer adults are working or looking for work than in other similar areas, and the number of people in full-time roles has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 30.3% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. Meanwhile, full-time employment fell 19 points since 2011 to 53.9%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59%.
30.3% ▼ -56.5%
Lower than 96% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 69.7%
- 2016: 53.3%
- 2021: 30.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -25.8%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 72.7%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 19.1%. Other significant sectors include retail trade at 13.9%, while construction and health care both account for 13% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is largely made up of machinery operators and drivers at 26.1% and labourers at 17.4%. Sales workers make up another 13% of the community's jobs.
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 Sapphire [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321091/sapphire/topic/employment