5.8% ▼ -14.8%
Higher than 72% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mooroopna · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Mooroopna
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Mooroopna since 2011, with this rate dropping by 6.6 percentage points to 50.4%. While the unemployment rate has fallen slightly to 5.8%, this figure remains higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is about the same as the national level.
50.4% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 86% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -1.6%
Lower than 51% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 58.7%
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 for local workers at 16.6%, followed by manufacturing at 11.4% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%. Other common roles include professionals at 14.2% and technicians and trades at 13.8%.
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 Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/216031415/mooroopna/topic/employment