4.6% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mortdale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mortdale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mortdale than in most other similar areas. This reflects a local workforce that is more active than the state average, with 63.8% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 63.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure, the unemployment rate is 4.6%. Full-time employment sits at 57.4%, a little below the national figure.
63.8% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.5%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 63.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -16.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 14.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.5% and education and training at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.7%. Clerical and administrative roles are also common at 16.3%, while managers account for 13.4% of the local 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 Mortdale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12739/mortdale/topic/employment