8.3% ▲ +183.3%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 8.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Marshall · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Marshall
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Marshall compared to most other areas. While full-time employment is relatively common for those who are working, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. For those who are employed, 62.4% have full-time roles, but the unemployment rate of 8.3% is well above the national average.
49.2% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.1%, followed by retail trade at 14% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.3%, while labourers account for 16.1% 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 Marshall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31993/mount-marshall/topic/employment