1.4% ▼ -74.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.3%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 1.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mandalong · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Mandalong have shifted over the last decade, though the area now sees a very low unemployment rate of 1.4%. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%. While few people are out of work, full-time employment is also much lower than in most other areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is around the middle for similar areas. However, full-time work is less common here than elsewhere, at 52.3% compared to the New South Wales figure of 58.0%.
1.4% ▼ -74.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
58.5% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 20.1%. Other significant sectors include health care and social assistance at 14.5%, and education and training at 10.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is led by managers at 17.3% and professionals at 16.8%. Technicians and tradespeople also make up a large slice of the community at 16.4%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mandalong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12475/mandalong/topic/employment