4.9% ▼ -51.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.2%
- 2016: 8.0%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Lewis · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Lewis
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for those working in Mount Lewis. This small area has a much lower proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other areas, with only 42.5% of the adult population in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 53.8%, while the unemployment rate is 4.9%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
42.5% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.1%
- 2016: 46.6%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest industries for workers in the area are construction at 13.0% and health care and social assistance at 12.2%, followed by retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About 26.4% of workers are professionals, making it the most common occupation. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 17.1% and managers at 14.9%.
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 Lewis [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12785/mount-lewis/topic/employment