Employment and Industry
Benefits and allowances
As of July 2020, JobSeeker and youth allowance recipients in the Fraser Coast Region sits at 10 699 persons, equivalent to 18.1% of the population aged 15-64. In comparison, Regional Queensland sits at 12.5% and Queensland sits at 11.2%. (Source: data.gov.au)
Businesses by industry
In 2019, the Fraser Coast had 5971 businesses registered within the region. Of those businesses 3542 were non employing and 1605 with less than four employees. In 2019, the top ten industries with the largest cohort of registered businesses are:
• Construction – 1205
• Rental, hiring and real estate services – 587
• Financial and Insurance services – 448
• Healthcare and Social Assistance – 445
• Professional Scientific and technical services – 430
• Retail Trade – 409
• Transport, postal and warehousing – 373
• Other Services – 324
• Manufacturing – 288
• Accommodation and Food Services – 283
Employment by industry
In comparison to business registration, the top ten industries with the highest employment are:
• Healthcare and Social Assistance – 6278
• Retail Trade – 4116
• Education and Training – 3391
• Construction – 2888
• Accommodation and food services – 2789
• Manufacturing – 2639
• Public Administration and Safety – 2061
• Transport, Postal and Warehousing – 1733
• Professional, Scientific and Technical Services – 1568
• Other Services – 1354
Figure 1: Data Obtained from ABS 2019 & Fraser Coast Regional Council Economic ID Tool, 2018
State comparison
The top five industries with the highest employment numbers were Healthcare and Social Assistance, Retail Trade, Construction, Accommodation and Food Services as well as Manufacturing.
In comparison to Queensland, employment totals were higher in:
• Healthcare and Social assistance ranked 4.7% higher for employment numbers,
• Retail trade was up 1.4%
• Education and training up by 0.60%
• Accommodation and food services up by 0.50%
• Manufacturing up by 0.70%.
State comparison – continued
Fraser Coast Industry that ranked lower than Queensland employment percentages were:
• Construction: Down 1.2%
• Public Administration and Safety: Down 1%
• Transport, Postal and Warehousing down 0.30%
• Professional, scientific and Technical Services down 1.9%
• Other services down 0.10%