37.3% —
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 55.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Mount Marsden · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Marsden
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals, technicians and trades people make up the largest share of the local workforce in Mount Marsden. While a very small number of adults are working or looking for work, those who are employed are much more likely to have full-time roles than people across the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is very high at 71.4%, sitting 13 points above both the state and national averages.
71.4% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 71.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split evenly between three main sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing, retail trade, and public administration and safety each accounting for 14.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work roles are diverse, with professionals and technicians or trades workers both making up 19.0% of the workforce, while managers account for 14.3%.
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 Marsden [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12787/mount-marsden/topic/employment