34.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 38.6%
- 2021: 34.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The Mine · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 27 percentage points separates the employment rate in The Mine from the Queensland average. Only 34.8% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest levels for similar areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 34.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the 61.6% seen across Queensland and the 61.1% national average.
34.8% —
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Retail trade at 38%, ahead of Agriculture, forestry & fishing (0%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Sales workers at 38%, ahead of Managers (0%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in The Mine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32799/the-mine/topic/employment