2.9% ▼ -47.7%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Forbes · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Forbes
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well above the national figure, 65.6% of adults in Mount Forbes are working or looking for work. This high level of activity is reflected in the local workforce, where full-time employment is much more common than it is across Queensland or Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high here at 62.4%, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is also a little below the national level, sitting at 2.9%.
65.6% ▲ +1.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -14.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 61.7%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 12.0%. This is followed by health care and social assistance, and public administration and safety, which both account for 10.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles in the area are labourers at 20.3% and technicians and trades at 17.3%. Community and personal service workers make up another 14.3% 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 Forbes [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31961/mount-forbes/topic/employment