3.5% ▼ -3.5%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Colah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Colah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher proportions of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Colah than in most similar areas. Around 70% of the adult population is active in the labour market, with a typical resident more likely to be employed full-time than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. This strength is reflected in the 69.9% of adults working or looking for work, a figure far above the state average.
69.9% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.6%
- 2016: 71.7%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -5.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.3%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 59.9%
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 at 15.7%, followed by education and training at 12.1% and professional and technical services at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.4%. Managers are the next most common at 15.8%, with clerical and administrative roles accounting for 13.8% 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 Mount Colah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12761/mount-colah/topic/employment