1.2% ▼ -64.0%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 1.3%
- 2021: 1.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonbah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moonbah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Moonbah than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 1.2%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 72.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 59.6%, slightly above the state average.
72.2% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 72.4%
- 2021: 72.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.6% ▼ -3.5%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is mainly employed in accommodation and food services (16.1%) and construction (11.2%). Other common industries include education and training at 9.6% and arts and recreation at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.3%, followed by professionals at 18.3% and technicians and tradespeople at 17.1%. Sales workers account for 10.6% of the local jobs.
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 Moonbah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12709/moonbah/topic/employment