1.4% ▼ -64.0%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Pleasant
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high employment rate defines Mount Pleasant, where 69.3% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, reflecting a workforce that is significantly more active than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local job market is very strong, with an unemployment rate of 1.4% which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.4%. Full-time employment is also common, at 63.1%, which is well above the Australian average.
69.3% ▲ +4.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.1% ▲ +4.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 63.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance (13.6%) and education and training (11.2%), followed by construction at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managerial and professional roles are equally common, each making up 23.8% of occupations. Clerical and administrative jobs follow at 14.1%.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32015/mount-pleasant/topic/employment