7.0% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.7%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Austin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Austin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Austin compared to the rest of the country. While about 58% of the local workforce is employed full-time, the overall participation rate is far below the national figure. This gap is paired with an unemployment rate of 7%, which is a little above the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50% of adults here are working or looking for work, a figure well below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 7%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
50.0% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 50.3%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.9% ▼ -7.9%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 57.9%
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 18%, followed by retail trade at 11.6% and accommodation and food services at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18%, while community and personal service workers account for 16.4% of occupations.
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 Mount Austin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12759/mount-austin/topic/employment