2.7% ▼ -58.5%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kiels Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kiels Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of adults in Kiels Mountain are working or looking for work, with 66.2% of the population active in the labour force. This is well above both the Queensland and Australian figures, though full-time employment is notably lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 66.2% of adults are in the workforce, full-time employment is well below the national figure at 52.4%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a low 2.7%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
66.2% ▲ +1.3%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 53.1%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 15.0%, followed closely by construction at 14.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 25.8% of workers. Managers, technicians, and tradespeople each make up around 15% of the local workforce.
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 Kiels Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31525/kiels-mountain/topic/employment