4.3% ▲ +69.1%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Towen Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Towen Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in the workforce in Towen Mountain compared to most other areas, with only 57.6% of adults working or looking for work. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. The local economy is spread across several sectors, with health care and manufacturing being the most common employers.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.5%. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is higher than in most similar areas but a little below the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
57.6% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 57.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.5% ▲ +20.9%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.6%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 51.5%
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 12.7%, followed by manufacturing at 10.4% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.4%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.7% and labourers at 13.4%.
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 Towen Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32863/towen-mountain/topic/employment