4.4% ▲ +161.3%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.7%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Alford · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Alford
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small number of adults, just 54.6%, are working or looking for work in Mount Alford. This figure is well below both the Queensland and Australian averages. While full-time employment is steady, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.6% of adults are in the workforce, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Around 56.6% of the community are employed full-time, while the unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is higher than most similar areas.
54.6% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 55.2%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in the area is health care and social assistance at 16.9%. Construction follows at 11.8%, with agriculture, forestry and fishing accounting for 9.6% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.8%, followed by professionals at 17.6%. Technicians and trades workers account for 16.2% 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 Mount Alford [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31934/mount-alford/topic/employment