6.9% ▼ -15.6%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Hallen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Hallen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 53% of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Hallen, a figure well below the national average. This low activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 6.9%, which is a little above the figures for Queensland and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.3% of the population are employed full-time, which is much lower than most areas and well below the 59% state average. This contributes to a much lower proportion of adults in the workforce compared to the rest of the country.
52.3% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 44.6%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.3% ▼ -23.6%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 50.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.1%, followed by construction at 10.4% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 15.8%, while labourers (14.8%) and community and personal service workers (14.2%) also represent significant shares 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 Hallen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31970/mount-hallen/topic/employment