2.6% ▼ -71.7%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.2%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mossy Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mossy Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are in the workforce in Mossy Point compared to most similar areas. Only 56.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This low employment rate is mirrored by a much lower share of full-time workers than is typical elsewhere.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.5% of residents have full-time jobs, a figure well below the 58.9% seen across Australia. However, the unemployment rate is a low 2.6%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
56.7% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.5% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the main employer at 22.1%, followed by construction at 15.4% and education and training at 15.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.8%, while community and personal service workers make up 14.7% 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 Mossy Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12752/mossy-point/topic/employment