6.9% ▼ -47.8%
Higher than 74% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 13.2%
- 2016: 11.9%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Finch Hatton · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Finch Hatton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Finch Hatton since 2011, with this figure falling by 8.2 percentage points to 44.8%. While the proportion of full-time workers is about the same as the national figure, the unemployment rate remains a little above the national level at 6.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work here compared to most areas, and this is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Among those employed, 59.5% are in full-time roles, while the unemployment rate has fallen significantly to 6.9% since 2011.
44.8% ▼ -15.4%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 53.0%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 44.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▲ +2.7%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for local workers at 14.3%, followed by mining at 11.9% and manufacturing at 10.7%. Health care and education also employ about 9.5% of the workforce each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.9%, closely followed by machinery operators and drivers at 16.7% and labourers at 15.5%. Managers and sales workers both account for 11.9% of occupations.
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 Finch Hatton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322044/finch-hatton/topic/employment