2025 Douglas Fast Facts
Douglas Shire’s unemployment rate in 2025 is 4.2%, down 1% since the 2016 Census and lower than Queensland’s rate of 5.2%
In 2025, vacancy rates in postcodes 4877 (1.9%) and 4873 (2.4%) were within the healthy range of 2–3%, significantly higher than Brisbane (0.9%) and Cairns (0.7%)
