5.2% ▼ -16.5%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.3%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Gravatt
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Gravatt than in most other areas. Around 66.2% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a strong local workforce where full-time employment is common.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.2% of adults are working or looking for work, well above the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also common at 60.6%, while the unemployment rate is 5.2%, which is about the same as the national rate.
66.2% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 66.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.6%, followed by education and training at 13%. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 11.4% and retail trade at 8.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 34.6%. This is followed by managers at 13.7% and clerical or administrative staff at 12.6%.
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 Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31968/mount-gravatt/topic/employment