4.9% ▲ +240.5%
Higher than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alligator Creek · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Alligator Creek
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Alligator Creek compared to most areas. This workforce is strongly skewed toward full-time roles, with 62% of the population employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. While full-time employment is a little above the Queensland average, the unemployment rate of 4.9% has risen since 2011.
64.7% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 83% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 73.9%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.2%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with public administration and safety being the most common at 16.8%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 24%, while managers and technicians and trades each make up about 16% 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 Alligator Creek [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322001/alligator-creek/topic/employment