Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Flatrock earn more than those in 95% of Canadian towns
75% of people aged 15 to 64 in Flatrock had a job at the 2021 census, next to 73% for the middle of Canadian towns. Flatrock is the usual workplace of 60 people, and 555 of its own residents commute to a job. Joblessness at the 2021 census: 9.4% of Flatrock’s labour force, against 9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Work in Flatrock, in a few figures
Work near the middle
Among residents aged 15 to 64, 75% were in work at the 2021 census, against 73% in the middle of Canadian towns; take everyone 15 and over and it falls to 60%. In work ↓
Higher incomes than most towns
The middle of Canadian towns is $85,900, and the median household here had $117,400 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.
On jobs and income, Flatrock grades B
Better than 63% of Canadian towns on three measures together.
Its strongest measure is household income; its weakest, trip times.
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.
Flatrock households: $117,400 a year at the median
Flatrock’s median is 84% above the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns ($63,700). One of the 14 other places of 2,500+ in Census Division No. 1 has a higher median. Incomes are for 2020, the first pandemic year, so CERB and other emergency payments are part of them.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: median total income of households in 2020, before tax (a neighbourhood’s estimated from its dissemination areas’ income groups).
Flatrock empties a little on a working day
For every person who comes in to work, about 166 residents travel out. The job is inside the municipality for 10% of its commuters (70% in the middle of Canadian towns).
People with no fixed workplace are in neither count.
90% of Flatrock’s residents in work leave it to work; St. John's takes the most
No other place sends enough people to work in Flatrock to be counted.
- St. John's420
- Torbay40
- Paradise20
- Mount Pearl15
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (98-10-0459): commuting flows between municipalities (census subdivisions), rounded to 5; linked names have their own pages.
In and out of work in Flatrock
Of the 14 other places of 2,500 people or more in Census Division No. 1, 11 have a smaller share of 15-to-64s in work.
Counting retirees, 60% of everyone aged 15 and over was working. The Labour Force Survey’s employment rate for the wider area was 62% in October 2026. Participation, the share of residents 15 and over working or looking for work, came to 66%. Statistics Canada counted on 11 May 2021, with much of the country under pandemic rules: more people were out of work or at home than usual.
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.
Without a car, 1.4% of Flatrock’s commuters get to work
Nearly everyone drives: 94% of commuters go by car, truck or van. Only 15% worked at home on census day, against 21% in the middle of Canadian towns.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census: main mode of commuting; average durations by mode from table 98-10-0458 (whole municipalities only).
A longer commute than the middle of Canadian towns: 28.1 minutes from Flatrock
Timed exactly, the average is 24.6 minutes (Statistics Canada). The middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns averages 19 minutes. Only 12% get to work within a quarter-hour, against 56% in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns. Long trips are rarer than in the middle of Newfoundland and Labrador’s towns: 3.4% take an hour or more, against 4.6%.
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.
4% fewer people are on EI in Census Division No. 1 than in 2019
That is about 7.3 people on EI for every 100 aged 15 to 64 in the division. Compared with a year earlier, the count in August 2026 fell by 11%. The highest month was February 2021: 31,470 people, 2.2 times the 2019 level.
Statistics Canada, Employment Insurance beneficiaries by census division (14-10-0323): all income benefits, not seasonally adjusted. EI beneficiaries: one figure for all of Census Division No. 1. EI counts are context, not part of any grade.
People receiving Employment Insurance each month, as a share of the 2019 average (100).
Everyday places on foot in Flatrock: D
Better than 6% of Canadian towns on two measures together.
OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL); active commuting from the 2021 Census.
Jobs near Flatrock: the places around it
| Place | In work, 15–64 | Unemployment | Household income | Average trip | Jobs | Walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock | 75% | 9.4% | $117K | 28.1 min | B | D |
| Pouch Cove 6.4 km | 66% | 9.1% | $84K | 31.6 min | D | C |
| Torbay 6.6 km | 73% | 9.7% | $108K | 21.3 min | A− | C |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove 8.9 km | 78% | 9.5% | $130K | 18.6 min | A+ | C− |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 15.4 km | 76% | 7.9% | $114K | 22.9 min | A | C |
| St. John's 17.8 km | 68% | 12% | $75K | 17.1 min | B− | A |
| Wabana 19.1 km | 38% | 12% | $37K | 33.2 min | D− | B+ |
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 Flatrock, where it comes from, and what it leaves out.
- In work. People in work of any age over residents aged 15 to 64 (2021 Census). The census doesn’t cross work with age below the municipality, so this is the one rate every town and neighbourhood has; retirees don’t weigh on it.
- Unemployment. It counts only people who wanted work and had none in May 2021, as a share of those working or searching; students and retirees who weren’t looking stay out of both sides.
- Household income. What the median household took in during 2020 before tax, as the census recorded it; an estimate built from income groups when the place is a neighbourhood.
- Trip times. How long getting to work normally takes, averaged from the census’s time bands at their middles; expect it to read slightly high against the timed figure.
- Where people commute. Jobs count everyone whose usual workplace lies in the municipality, residents or commuters from elsewhere, from Statistics Canada’s home-by-workplace table.
- Employment Insurance. Statistics Canada counts EI beneficiaries each month by census division. Seasonal work makes it swing, so read it as a trend, not a jobless rate.
- The Labour Force Survey. Monthly, and only for metro areas and economic regions. It is the up-to-date rate we set beside the census’s 2021 snapshot.
- Which towns we compare. Comparisons are with the median of Canadian towns and city neighbourhoods counting 2,500 people or more, reserves and entire cities excluded.
Questions about work in Flatrock
What is the unemployment rate in Flatrock?
Two figures answer it: 9.4% on census day in May 2021 (9.9% in the middle of Canadian towns), and 6.5% for the St. John's metro area in the Labour Force Survey of October 2026.
What is the average household income in Flatrock?
At $117,400 before tax in 2020, the median household in Flatrock compares with $85,900 in the middle of Canadian towns.
How do people in Flatrock get to work?
94% of commuters drive, 1.4% take public transit; 15% of everyone in work worked at home on census day.
How long is the commute from Flatrock?
The average commute is 28.1 minutes; 12% of trips take under 15 minutes and 3.4% an hour or more.
Where do people in Flatrock work?
Only 10% work in Flatrock itself; the rest go first to St. John's (420) and Torbay (40).
How many jobs are there in Flatrock?
The 2021 census found about 60 people with their usual workplace in Flatrock, or 0.1 for each resident who travels to a fixed job. In June 2026, 47 businesses with employees were on Statistics Canada’s count.
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).