4.6% ▼ -18.5%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Midge Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Midge Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A sharp drop in the number of people working or looking for work has transformed Midge Point since 2011. Only 45.3% of adults are now in the labour force, which is far below the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment fell by 14 points since 2011 to 53.2%, a figure well below the national average. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
45.3% ▼ -38.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 74.1%
- 2016: 40.4%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work across the area is spread across several sectors, with accommodation and food services and health care and social assistance each making up 10.1% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and mining both account for 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 21.5%, followed by managers and professionals who each represent 19.0% 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 Midge Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322080/midge-point/topic/employment