2015-11-10 - P&O Agenda - Item 18, Attach 1&2 - Draft Noosa Shire Local Economic Plan

Change in Employment, Noosa Shire, 2001-11

                                                   Other services
                                     Arts and recreation services
                             Health care and social assistance
                                          Education and training
                                 Public adminsitration and safety
                          Administrative and support services
Professional, scientific and technical services
                         Rental, hiring and real estate services
                                 Financial and insurance services
 Information media and telecommunications
                          Transporrt, postal and warehousing
                            Accommodation and food services
                                                     Retail Trade
                                                Wholesale trade
                                                    Construction
                        Electricity, gas, water and waste water
                                                   Manufacturing
                                                          Mining
                                 Agriculture, forestry and fishing

                                                                     -400   -200    0      200   400    600       800    1,000 1,200
                                                                                           Employment (No.)

Source: ABS (2001, 2011)
Noosa Shire has a labour force of 27,055 people. 25,085 are currently employed and 1,970 are not,
reflecting an unemployment rate of 7.3%. Unemployment in Noosa Shire is generally slightly higher
than the SEQ Region and the State.
Noosa LGA Unemployment and Labour Force                                                                 Source: QGSO (2015)

                        30,000                                                                                           8.0%


                                                                                                                         7.0%
                        25,000

                                                                                                                         6.0%
                                                                                                                                Unemployment Rate (%)




                        20,000
   Labour Force (No.)




                                                                                                                         5.0%


                        15,000                                                                                           4.0%


                                                                                                                         3.0%
                        10,000

                                                                                                                         2.0%

                         5,000
                                                                                                                         1.0%


                             0                                                                                           0.0%



                   Noosa LGA Labour Force          Noosa LGA Unemployment %        SEQ Unemployment %      Queensland Unemployment %


Across all occupations, professionals are the most prominent accounting for 18.5% of all employed
Noosa residents. This was followed by technicians and trades 15.5%, managers 13.7% and sales
workers 12.4%.




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