Clarke's Beach’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of Canadian towns
Of everyone in Clarke's Beach working or looking for work in May 2021, 14% were unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns. Jobs located in Clarke's Beach: 215, for 330 residents with a usual workplace. 66% of people aged 15 to 64 in Clarke's Beach had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns.
Where Clarke's Beach stands out on work
Fewer people in work than most towns
Counting everyone 15 and over, 46% were in work at the 2021 census; among those aged 15 to 64 it was 66%, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns. In work ↓
More unemployment than most towns
14% of the labour force was out of work at the 2021 census (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns); the Labour Force Survey had the area at 6.6% in October 2026. Unemployment ↓
Lower incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $60,000 before tax in 2020. Household income ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada’s 2021 Census, its commuting tables, Employment Insurance and the Labour Force Survey.
Jobs & income in Clarke's Beach: graded D
Better than 12% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is trip times; its weakest, household income.
Graded against Canadian towns of 2,500 people or more; less unemployment and a shorter commute count in its favour.
How the grade works
Census 2021 measures, weighed equally against every Canadian town and neighbourhood of 2,500 people or more: the share of residents aged 15 to 64 in work, median household income (2020), the unemployment rate and the average commute. Each becomes a percentile; their average sets the letter.
How many in Clarke's Beach were working in 2021
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 1, 6 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
By October 2026, the Labour Force Survey had 59% of the wider area’s adults in work. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 54%. Across all ages 15 and over the share in work falls to 46%: many residents are past working age. May 2021, when the census was taken, was a pandemic spring; unemployment has come down since, as the Labour Force Survey records.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: people in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64, and the census unemployment rate (15 and over); the 25-to-54 rate is Statistics Canada’s own (98-10-0485). The Labour Force Survey and business counts are context, not grade inputs.
Before tax, the median household in Clarke's Beach had $60,000
That puts Clarke's Beach 6% below the median of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns, $63,700. 10 of the 14 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 1 have a higher median. The year is 2020: emergency benefits like CERB count in these incomes, and they raised the bottom of the range.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
On a working day, Clarke's Beach loses more workers than it gains
About 2 residents leave for work for each person who comes in. The job is inside the municipality for 20% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
80% of Clarke's Beach’s residents in work leave it to work; Bay Roberts takes the most
- Brigus30
- Bay Roberts25
- Spaniard's Bay20
- Division No. 1, Subdivision M15
- North River15
- South River15
- Cupids10
- St. John's10
- Bay Roberts125
- Carbonear60
- St. John's25
- Avondale15
- Placentia10
- Long Harbour-Mount Arlington Heights10
- South River10
Coming the other way, Brigus sends the most (30).
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
3.1% of commuters from Clarke's Beach go without a car
Only 8.3% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns. Transit barely figures here, against 3.5% in the middle of Canadian towns. Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A shorter commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 23.8 minutes from Clarke's Beach
An hour or more: 9.4% of commuters, above the 4.6% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Timed exactly, the average is 21.1 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns averages 19 minutes. Trips under 15 minutes: 49%, fewer than the 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: commuting duration in five bands; our average uses each band’s middle (75 minutes for an hour or more), so it runs about two minutes above Statistics Canada’s own.
In Census Division No. 1, 4% fewer people receive EI than in 2019
Nobody publishes EI beneficiaries for Clarke's Beach alone, so this card uses the figure for Census Division No. 1.
Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 11%. In February 2021 it reached 31,470, the most in the series and 2.2 times the 2019 average. That is about 7.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Walkability in Clarke's Beach: graded D
Better than 13% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Work in the places around Clarke's Beach
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarke's Beach | 66% | 14% | $60K | 23.8 min | D | D |
| Division No. 1, Subdivision M 7.1 km | 54% | 15% | $75K | 31.2 min | D | D− |
| Bay Roberts 8.3 km | 63% | 14% | $72K | 25.3 min | C− | B− |
| Spaniard's Bay 11.3 km | 53% | 20% | $64K | 28.4 min | D− | C |
| Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview 15.1 km | 67% | 17% | $79K | 31.8 min | D | C |
| Upper Island Cove 16.2 km | 53% | 24% | $67K | 31.3 min | D− | C+ |
| Holyrood 17.9 km | 67% | 12% | $89K | 29.4 min | C− | C− |
The people of each place: the share in work, unemployment, household income and the average commute, with both grades once they come.
What this data can and can’t tell you
What each figure measures for Clarke's Beach, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- Employment Insurance. Beneficiaries of Employment Insurance, month by month, for the census division rather than the town. Many jobless people don’t qualify, so it isn’t an unemployment rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Statistics Canada’s monthly survey, published for metro areas and economic regions rather than towns: it gives a current rate beside the census’s 2021 one.
- In work. How many residents held a job in May 2021, set against how many were 15 to 64. It reads a little high where many people work past 65, since below the municipality the census gives no breakdown of workers by age.
- Unemployment. Of everyone 15 or older who was working or job-hunting in the census week, the part still looking. Someone not seeking work isn’t in it at all.
- Household income. Taken from the 2021 Census, which asked about 2020: wages, pensions, investment income and government transfers together, before income tax, for the median household.
- Trip times. Built from banded answers: each commuter’s usual one-way trip counts as the midpoint of the band they chose, and the result tends to sit slightly higher than Statistics Canada’s average.
- Where people commute. Counts of workers with a fixed workplace, by where they live and where they work, both taken as whole municipalities; the jobs figure takes everyone who works here, wherever home is.
- Which towns we compare. Medians over towns and neighbourhoods of at least 2,500 residents. Whole cities would swamp them and reserves sit outside the rankings, so neither is in.
Questions about work in Clarke's Beach
How do people in Clarke's Beach get to work?
94% of commuters go by car, 3.1% walk. On census day 8.3% of everyone in work stayed home to work.
How long is the commute from Clarke's Beach?
On average 23.8 minutes; 49% take under 15 minutes and 9.4% take an hour or longer.
Where do people in Clarke's Beach work?
20% work in Clarke's Beach itself. Of those who leave, the most go to Bay Roberts (125), then Carbonear (60).
How many jobs are there in Clarke's Beach?
About 215 people had their usual place of work in Clarke's Beach at the 2021 census, 0.7 for each working resident with a fixed workplace. In June 2026, 91 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
What is the unemployment rate in Clarke's Beach?
The 2021 census found 14% unemployed, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns; the Labour Force Survey’s latest, for the Avalon Peninsula economic region, is 6.6% (October 2026).
What is the average household income in Clarke's Beach?
The census puts Clarke's Beach at $60,000 for 2020, before tax and at the median, against $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population (Census Profile) · Statistics Canada, tables 98-10-0458 and 98-10-0459 (commuting) · Statistics Canada, table 14-10-0323 (EI beneficiaries) · Statistics Canada, Labour Force Survey (14-10-0459, 14-10-0462) · Statistics Canada, Canadian Business Counts (33-10-1176) · grades: TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).