2.1% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 3.2%
- 2021: 2.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maianbar · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high rate of employment defines daily life in Maianbar, where 65.7% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The area is also seeing very strong job security, with an unemployment rate of just 2.1%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are in the workforce than in most similar areas. While the unemployment rate is well below the national figure, the share of full-time workers is a little below the Australian average at 56.4%.
2.1% ▼ -66.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
65.7% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in education and training at 16.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.9% and construction at 13.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27.1%, followed by managers at 20.7%. Technicians and trades people make up 15.4% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Maianbar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12452/maianbar/topic/employment