3.2% ▲ +47.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Isa · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Isa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the norm for most people in Mount Isa, where 82% of the workforce holds a full-time position. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%, reflecting a local economy driven by stable, heavy industry. The area sees much higher rates of people working or looking for work than the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The adult workforce is very active, with 77.9% of residents working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Unemployment is low at 3.2%, sitting a little below both the Queensland and Australian figures.
77.9% ▲ +13.7%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.5%
- 2016: 79.3%
- 2021: 77.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
82.0% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 86.4%
- 2016: 79.5%
- 2021: 82.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining dominates the local economy, employing 53.9% of the workforce. Other significant industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.2%, and construction at 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The job market is led by managers and professionals, who make up 27% and 24.7% of workers respectively. Machinery operators, drivers, and labourers also make up a large share, accounting for over a quarter of all occupations.
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 Isa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31974/mount-isa/topic/employment