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Mount Pelion · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Mount Pelion

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Machinery operators and drivers make up the biggest group of workers in Mount Pelion, accounting for 26.7% of the local workforce. This is a small community where full-time employment is far more common than in the rest of the country. However, fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to typical Australian areas.

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📍 Mount Pelion, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Pelion sits — Unemployment rate

0.0% ▼ -100.0%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Pelion — lower than 99% of areas.

Mount Pelion0.0%
4741, QLD 3.1%
Queensland 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time work is very common here, with 71.1% of the workforce employed full-time, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. While the unemployment rate is well below the state and national figures at 0.0%, only 52.3% of adults are working or looking for work.

Unemployment rate

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0.0% ▼ -100.0%

Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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52.3% ▼ -20.7%

Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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71.1% ▲ +7.0%

Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.

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 at 20.0%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 17.8%. Mining, retail trade, and education and training each account for 8.9% of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Mount Pelion splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (31%) and Agriculture, forestry & fishing (28%), with Mining at 14%.

Health care & social assistance 20.0% Agriculture, forestry & fishing 17.8% Mining 8.9% Retail trade 8.9% Education & training 8.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Besides the high number of machinery operators and drivers, nearly a quarter of workers (24.4%) are in community and personal service. Professionals, technicians and trades, and clerical and administrative roles each make up 11.1% of jobs.

Occupations people work in

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Mount Pelion splits fairly evenly between Machinery operators & drivers (27%) and Community & personal service (25%), with Professionals at 11%.

Machinery operators & drivers 26.7% Community & personal service 24.4% Professionals 11.1% Technicians & trades 11.1% Clerical & administrative 11.1% Managers 6.7% Labourers 6.7%

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 Pelion [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32011/mount-pelion/topic/employment