3.1% ▲ —
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Fairy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Fairy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mount Fairy than in most similar areas. This is a productive community where 64.2% of adults are in the labour force, a figure well above both the state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is strong here at 62.4%, which is well above the Australian figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 3.1%, a little below the national rate of 5.1%.
64.2% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.7%
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 64.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer at 28.8%, followed by construction at 14.4%. Health care and social assistance employ 9.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.2%. They are followed by technicians and trades at 19.2% and clerical and administrative roles at 18.4%.
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 Fairy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12769/mount-fairy/topic/employment