2.7% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
East Greenmount · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in East Greenmount
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more people have full-time jobs in East Greenmount than in most similar areas. While the number of adults working or looking for work is typical for the region, the local unemployment rate of 2.7% is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very high here at 70.5%, which is far above the Queensland figure of 59%. This strength is reflected in a low unemployment rate of 2.7%, slightly below the state's 5.4%.
61.5% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.5% ▲ +5.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 70.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for locals at 15.3%, followed by education and training at 12.5% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 23.3%. Managers and professionals also feature strongly, accounting for 17% and 15.3% of the workforce respectively.
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 East Greenmount [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30925/east-greenmount/topic/employment