0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Captains Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Captains Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the biggest employers in Captains Mountain, with 40.5% of workers in these fields. This is a productive area where 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Queensland and Australian figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time employment is only 51.4%, a result that is well below the Queensland average of 59.0%.
64.9% ▼ -11.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.6%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -35.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.0%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining accounts for 10.8% of local jobs, while retail trade and education and training each make up 8.1%. No one in the area works in manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common job role at 37.8%, followed by professionals at 13.5%. Other roles including technicians, trades, clerical staff and personal services each account for 8.1% of workers.
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 Captains Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30532/captains-mountain/topic/employment