6.2% ▲ —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Glorious · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Glorious
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.4% of adults in Mount Glorious are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national averages. This low level of workforce activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.2%, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far less common here than elsewhere, with only 51.3% of the population in full-time roles. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0% and the Australian average of 58.9%.
54.4% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, led by education and training at 15.2% and health care and social assistance at 14.6%. Public administration and safety also employ a significant 12.7% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.5%, followed by managers at 20.9%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.8% and community and personal service workers at 13.3%.
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 Glorious [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31967/mount-glorious/topic/employment