2.4% ▼ -55.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wights Mountain · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wights Mountain
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Wights Mountain compared to the state and national figures. The area is defined by a very strong employment rate and a typical resident is more likely to be in a full-time role than those in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 65.4% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%, while the unemployment rate of 2.4% is well below the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
65.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.0% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 12.9%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.2% and construction at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 27.7%, while 22.1% of the workforce are managers and 15.8% work in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Wights Mountain [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL33073/wights-mountain/topic/employment