Mitchell · Federal Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Mitchell

Name: Jobs & Industry in Mitchell — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

More people are working or looking for work in Mitchell than in most other areas, with 66.4% of adults in the labour force. The area is defined by a strong employment rate and a high number of full-time roles. Most residents hold professional or managerial positions, contributing to a workforce that is more active than the state and national averages.

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📍 Mitchell, Federal Electorate

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 66.4% of adults here are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also much higher than most areas at 61.8%, though this has fallen by 4.1 points since 2016. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is much lower than most similar areas.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.7%. Other major employers include professional and technical services at 11.3%, and education and training at 9.5%.

Industries people work in

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Mitchell splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (14%) and Professional & technical (12%), with Education & training at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 13.7% Professional & technical 11.3% Education & training 9.5% Retail trade 9.1% Construction 8.5% Finance & insurance 8.3% Manufacturing 5.7% Public administration & safety 5.2% Wholesale trade 4.4% Accommodation & food 4.3%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

A third of the workforce are professionals, and 18.2% work as managers. These high-level roles are the most common, followed by clerical and administrative workers who make up 15.1% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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In Mitchell, the largest group is Professionals at 34%, followed by Managers (18%) and Clerical & administrative (15%).

Professionals 33.1% Managers 18.2% Clerical & administrative 15.1% Technicians & trades 9.1% Sales workers 7.9% Community & personal service 7.7% Labourers 4.4% Machinery operators & drivers 3.0%

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 Mitchell [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED129/mitchell/topic/employment

Mitchell	4.2%
Greater Sydney	5.1%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

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