0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount French · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low rate of employment defines daily life in Mount French, where only 50.6% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Despite this, the area is sparsely populated and currently reports no unemployment.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 47.8% of residents are employed full-time, which is far below the national figure of 58.9%. This is consistent with the same low trend seen in the overall number of adults working or looking for work.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.6% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade being the most common at 19.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.4%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and technicians or trades workers are the most common roles in the area, each making up 19.6% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mount French [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31963/mount-french/topic/employment