2.3% ▼ -75.3%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mollymook Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mollymook Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Mollymook Beach compared to most other areas, with only 44.7% in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While employment is low, those seeking work find it relatively easy, as the unemployment rate is a low 2.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.3% of people are employed full-time, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This contributes to a much lower overall workforce participation rate than most similar areas.
44.7% ▲ +3.2%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.3%
- 2016: 44.5%
- 2021: 44.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.3% ▼ -8.6%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.6%
- 2016: 49.5%
- 2021: 46.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 12.8%, followed closely by construction at 12.5% and education and training at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.7%. Technicians and trades workers follow at 16.2%, while community and personal service roles account for 13.6% 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 Mollymook Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12681/mollymook-beach/topic/employment