7.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 7.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Mount Gravatt · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Mount Gravatt
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 Upper Mount Gravatt, where 15.4% of workers are in this field. While most adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. However, unemployment is 7.1%, which is much higher than most areas and a little above the state's 5.4%.
62.3% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -11.3%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, many people work in retail trade (10.4%), education and training (9.6%), and accommodation and food services (9.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.1%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 11.8%.
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 Upper Mount Gravatt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32914/upper-mount-gravatt/topic/employment