6.0% ▼ -43.6%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 10.6%
- 2016: 10.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lockrose · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Lockrose
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Lockrose than in most other similar areas. Only 48.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift has grown over time, with the number of working adults falling by 10 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment for 55.3% of the population is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%. While the unemployment rate of 6.0% is higher than in most areas, it has fallen 4.6 percentage points since 2011.
48.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 64% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 41.9%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 52.6%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.9%, followed by manufacturing at 12.8%. Transport, warehousing, and professional services each account for 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 23.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 17.0% and technicians and tradespeople at 14.9%.
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 Lockrose [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322072/lockrose/topic/employment