5.1% ▼ -38.5%
Higher than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 2.5%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Picnic Bay · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Picnic Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Accommodation and food services are the biggest employers in Picnic Bay, where 21.8% of workers are in this sector. This area has a small workforce, with only 43.8% of adults working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work here than in most other areas. Full-time employment has dropped 13 points since 2011 to 51.7%, a figure well below the Queensland average of 59%.
43.8% ▲ +15.0%
Lower than 76% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 43.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.7% ▼ -20.6%
Lower than 73% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 51.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are concentrated in hospitality and professional services, with 21.8% in accommodation and food and 12.9% in professional and technical roles. Health care and social assistance follow at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are professionals at 21.1%, followed by community and personal service workers at 17.7%. Managers and labourers also make up a significant part of the workforce at 15.6% and 13.6%.
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 Picnic Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322097/picnic-bay/topic/employment