4.7% ▲ +10.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Hunter · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Hunter
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Mount Hunter, where 21.1% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work—a figure well above the national average—full-time employment is far below the Australian rate.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, though the 48.2% full-time employment rate is well below the New South Wales figure. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
64.4% ▼ -10.7%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.1%
- 2016: 70.9%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.2% ▼ -19.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 48.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer at 21.1%, followed by education and training at 11.2%. Other common industries include retail trade and health care and social assistance, both at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most typical occupation at 17.0%, closely followed by managers at 16.7% and technicians and trades at 15.3%.
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 Hunter [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12776/mount-hunter/topic/employment