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Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North)

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

A smaller proportion of adults are in the workforce in Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) compared to the rest of the country. While the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the national figure, far fewer people here hold full-time roles.

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📍 Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North), Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) sits — Unemployment rate

4.5% —

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) — lower than 52% of areas.

Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North)4.5%
4551, QLD 4.8%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 56.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, with only 52.8% of the workforce in full-time roles.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 19.9%, followed by construction at 12.2% and retail trade at 10.8%.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.6%, while technicians and trades workers account for 16.4% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) splits fairly evenly between Professionals (19%) and Technicians & trades (17%), with Community & personal service at 15%.

Professionals 18.6% Technicians & trades 16.4% Community & personal service 15.1% Clerical & administrative 12.5% Sales workers 10.8% Labourers 10.2% Managers 9.9% Machinery operators & drivers 4.8%

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 Meridan Plains - Little Mountain (North) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/316021581/meridan-plains-little-mountain/topic/employment