4.3% ▼ -45.0%
Lower than 54% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Magnet · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Mount Magnet
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the biggest employer in Mount Magnet, where nearly 28% of workers are in this industry. This creates a workforce where full-time roles are far more common than the national figure. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the state and national figures at 74.3%. Despite this, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas, falling 17 points since 2011 to 35.2%.
35.2% ▼ -32.7%
Lower than 96% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 43.7%
- 2021: 35.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.3% ▼ -0.5%
Higher than 95% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 74.7%
- 2016: 70.0%
- 2021: 74.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining leads local employment at 27.9%, followed by public administration and safety at 15.1% and education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are machinery operators and drivers at 16.2%, with labourers at 15.6% and technicians and trades at 15.1% also making up large shares of the workforce.
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 Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA55810/mount-magnet/topic/employment