0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Abundance · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Mount Abundance than in most similar areas. The local job market is exceptionally strong, with a full-time employment rate of 81.3% and no reported unemployment. This makes it a highly productive region compared to the rest of the state.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This is reflected in the high number of full-time roles, sitting 22 points higher than the Queensland average.
0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.8% ▼ -16.7%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
81.3% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant employer here, making up 57.3% of the workforce. Other smaller shares include professional and technical services at 6.3%, followed by construction and public administration at 5.2% each.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers, accounting for 55.2% of local roles. Professionals make up 10.4%, while labourers, community services, and clerical staff each account for smaller portions of the population.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mount Abundance [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31933/mount-abundance/topic/employment