6.0% ▼ -35.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wonga Beach · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wonga Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the biggest employer in Wonga Beach, where 13.1% of workers are in this industry. The area has a much lower share of full-time workers than most other places, and fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 48.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. While the unemployment rate has fallen to 6.0% since 2011, full-time employment has dropped 5.4 points over the same period.
48.7% ▲ +18.0%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.3%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 48.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.9% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry at 13.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.5% and administrative support at 9.6%. Accommodation and food services also employ 8.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 15.7%, with technicians and tradespeople following closely at 14.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 12.8% of jobs in the area.
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 Wonga Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321111/wonga-beach/topic/employment