4.1% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonbi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moonbi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Moonbi, where 15.5% of employees work in this field. While full-time work is more common here than in most other areas, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 53.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, those who are employed are more likely to be full-time, with 60.5% in this category, slightly above the national average.
53.5% ▼ -11.9%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 49.2%
- 2021: 53.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.5% ▼ -10.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 60.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the main industries for residents are construction at 13.8% and retail trade at 9.7%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 8.3% and manufacturing at 7.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are technicians and trades, making up 17.2% of the workforce. Professionals follow at 16.1%, while clerical and administrative workers account for 15.7% of 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 Moonbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12710/moonbi/topic/employment