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Upper Mount Gravatt · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Upper Mount Gravatt

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Upper Mount Gravatt, where 15.6% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults are working or looking for work than in 2011, full-time employment has fallen and the unemployment rate remains high.

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📍 Upper Mount Gravatt, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Upper Mount Gravatt sits — Unemployment rate

7.1% ▼ -1.7%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Upper Mount Gravatt — higher than 86% of areas.

Upper Mount Gravatt7.1%
4122, QLD 5.6%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Unemployment is 7.1%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1% and much higher than most similar areas. Full-time work has also dropped, with only 55.7% of people employed full-time, a figure well below the Queensland average.

Unemployment rate

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7.1% ▼ -1.7%

Higher than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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62.4% ▲ +13.9%

Higher than 54% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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55.7% ▼ -11.2%

Lower than 74% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Retail trade (10.5%), education and training (9.5%), and accommodation and food services (9.1%) are the other major industries where local residents work.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.1%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative workers (11.8%), technicians and trades (11.6%), and community and personal service workers (11.6%).

Occupations people work in

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In Upper Mount Gravatt, the largest group is Professionals at 30%, followed by Clerical & administrative (12%) and Technicians & trades (12%).

Professionals 29.1% Clerical & administrative 11.8% Technicians & trades 11.6% Community & personal service 11.6% Managers 10.1% Labourers 9.9% Sales workers 8.8% Machinery operators & drivers 5.3%

Sources

  • Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/303031065/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/employment