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Mount Colliery · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Mount Colliery

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

Education and training is the biggest employer in Mount Colliery, where 21.1% of the workforce is employed in that sector. This is a sparsely populated area where few adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Mount Colliery, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Colliery sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% —

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Colliery — lower than 99% of areas.

Mount Colliery0.0%
4370, QLD 5.1%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 36.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also far below the national average at 44.7%, though the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% —

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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36.2% —

Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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44.7% —

Lower than 92% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Aside from education, the main industries people work in are agriculture, forestry and fishing at 18.4% and public administration and safety at 15.8%. Retail trade and health care and social assistance each account for 10.5% of jobs.

Industries people work in

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Mount Colliery splits fairly evenly between Education & training (23%) and Agriculture, forestry & fishing (20%), with Public administration & safety at 17%.

Education & training 21.1% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 18.4% Public administration & safety 15.8% Retail trade 10.5% Health care & social assistance 10.5% Construction 7.9% Transport & warehousing 7.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%. Community and personal service workers follow at 21.1%, while managers and professionals each make up 15.8% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Mount Colliery splits fairly evenly between Machinery operators & drivers (28%) and Community & personal service (25%), with Managers at 19%.

Machinery operators & drivers 23.7% Community & personal service 21.1% Managers 15.8% Professionals 15.8% Labourers 7.9%

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 Colliery [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31948/mount-colliery/topic/employment