4.4% ▼ -11.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Sheridan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Sheridan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Mount Sheridan, where 17.8% of workers are in this field. The area has a very active workforce, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than in most other similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 69.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 59.3%, about the same as the Queensland and Australian averages.
69.4% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.3% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 59.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the largest industries for local workers are retail trade at 11.1% and education and training at 10.5%. Public administration and safety, as well as accommodation and food, both employ around 8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 19.2%. This is followed by community and personal service workers at 15.2%, while technicians and trades make up 14.6% 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 Sheridan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32020/mount-sheridan/topic/employment