3.3% ▲ +69.2%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blue Mountain Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blue Mountain Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Blue Mountain Heights than in most similar areas. While 63.5% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate is a low 3.3%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is largely stable, with 58.9% of people employed full-time, a figure that is about the same as both Queensland and Australia. This is consistent with the local unemployment rate being a little below state and national levels.
63.5% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 66.0%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% ▼ -5.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry for local workers at 17.9%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 17.3%. Professional and technical roles make up 10.6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation here at 34.3%. Managers make up 17.1% of workers, while clerical and administrative roles account for 15.0%.
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 Blue Mountain Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30291/blue-mountain-heights/topic/employment