Monto · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Monto

Name: Jobs & Industry in Monto — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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

Much fewer adults are working or looking for work in Monto than in most similar areas. Only 47.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This lack of employment is reflected in an unemployment rate of 8.0%, which is a little above the Australian average.

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📍 Monto, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas, sitting at 56.0%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Employment is spread across several sectors, with retail trade being the most common at 13.4%. Other major industries include health care and social assistance at 12.9%, education and training at 12.4%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.2%.

Industries people work in

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Monto splits fairly evenly between Retail trade (14%) and Health care & social assistance (14%), with Education & training at 13%.

Retail trade 13.4% Health care & social assistance 12.9% Education & training 12.4% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 12.2% Accommodation & food 7.4% Construction 7.1% Public administration & safety 5.3% Transport & warehousing 3.9% Manufacturing 3.5% Mining 2.8%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Managers are the most common occupation at 16.8%, followed by labourers at 15.4% and technicians and trades at 13.1%. Professionals and community and personal service workers each make up 11.3% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Monto splits fairly evenly between Managers (18%) and Labourers (16%), with Technicians & trades at 14%.

Managers 16.8% Labourers 15.4% Technicians & trades 13.1% Professionals 11.3% Community & personal service 11.3% Machinery operators & drivers 10.4% Clerical & administrative 9.0% Sales workers 8.1%

Sources

Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Monto [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31885/monto/topic/employment

Unemployment rate compared with the state and national average
Monto	8.0%
4630, QLD	5.7%
Queensland	5.4%
Australia	5.1%

Where Monto sits — Unemployment rate