Blue Mountains · Council (LGA)

Jobs & Industry in Blue Mountains

Name: Jobs & Industry in Blue Mountains — 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.

A significant gap in full-time work marks the job market in the Blue Mountains, where the 52.9% full-time employment rate is well below both state and national figures. While the typical resident is less likely to have a full-time role, the area maintains a strong employment foundation with an unemployment rate of 3.9% that is lower than most similar areas.

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📍 Blue Mountains, Council (LGA)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 58.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment has fallen 6.3 points since 2011, though the unemployment rate has also improved, falling 1.1 points to 3.9%.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.2%, followed closely by education and training at 15.1%. Other major sectors include public administration and safety at 9% and construction at 8.7%.

Industries people work in

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Blue Mountains splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (17%) and Education & training (16%), with Public administration & safety at 9%.

Health care & social assistance 16.2% Education & training 15.1% Public administration & safety 9.0% Construction 8.7% Retail trade 7.9% Professional & technical 7.4% Accommodation & food 6.0% Manufacturing 4.6% Transport & warehousing 3.5% Other services 3.4%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.4%. Managers account for 13.9% of the workforce, while technicians and trades workers represent 12.6%.

Occupations people work in

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In Blue Mountains, the largest group is Professionals at 31%, followed by Managers (14%) and Technicians & trades (13%).

Professionals 30.4% Managers 13.9% Technicians & trades 12.6% Clerical & administrative 12.4% Community & personal service 11.9% Labourers 6.7% Sales workers 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers 4.0%

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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA10900/blue-mountains/topic/employment

Blue Mountains	3.9%
Greater Sydney	5.1%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Blue Mountains sits — Unemployment rate