4.3% ▲ +69.5%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.5%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Nebo · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mount Nebo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A significant gap in full-time employment marks the workforce in Mount Nebo, where only 51.8% of adults work full-time. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59%. While most adults are active in the workforce, the number of people in full-time roles has dropped sharply by 29 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate sits at 4.3%, which is a little below the Queensland rate of 5.4%.
62.9% ▼ -8.1%
Higher than 79% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -36.2%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 81.3%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in health care and social assistance (15.1%), professional and technical services (11.9%), and public administration and safety (11.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.1%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 12.8% and managers at 11%.
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 Nebo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL322087/mount-nebo/topic/employment