2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 8 AEC Noosa Economic Profile Final Report

Noosa Economic Profile
Final



6.        Labour Force
6.1       Unemployment and Labour Force
           There were 25,085 employed people in the Shire as at December 2014, with an
            unemployment rate of 7.3% (1,970 people).
           The unemployment rate in the Shire is generally higher than the SEQ Region and the
            State, with an increase to 1.5 percentage points higher in 2012-13 and a convergence
            to +0.4 percentage points in late 2013–early 2014.

          Table 6.1: Noosa LGA Labour Force Statistics
                                               Noosa LGA    Noosa LGA       Noosa LGA
                                  Noosa LGA     Employed   Unemployed    Unemployment
              Date              Labour Force     Persons      Persons            Rate
             Dec-10                   24,677      23,073         1,604           6.5%
             Mar-11                   25,098      23,463         1,635           6.5%
              Jun-11                  25,114      23,489         1,625           6.5%
             Sep-11                   25,095      23,456         1,639           6.5%
             Dec-11                   24,849      23,268         1,581           6.4%
             Mar-12                   24,646      23,043         1,603           6.5%
              Jun-12                  24,609      22,980         1,629           6.6%
             Sep-12                   24,672      22,887         1,785           7.2%
             Dec-12                   24,618      22,803         1,815           7.4%
             Mar-13                   24,460      22,643         1,817           7.4%
              Jun-13                  24,607      22,813         1,794           7.3%
             Sep-13                   25,045      23,431         1,614           6.4%
             Dec-13                   25,571      23,999         1,572           6.1%
             Mar-14                   26,374      24,734         1,640           6.2%
              Jun-14                  26,866      25,097         1,769           6.6%
             Sep-14                   27,035      25,161         1,874           6.9%
             Dec-14                   27,055      25,085         1,970           7.3%
          Source: QGSO (2015)




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