3.6% ▼ -25.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Ousley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Ousley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of residents in Mount Ousley work in professional roles, with 30.3% of the workforce in these positions. While many adults are active in the workforce, a much smaller share of the population is employed full-time compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time employment is well below national levels at 50.4%, while the unemployment rate is a little below the Australian figure at 3.6%.
62.2% ▲ +5.2%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in health care and social assistance (16.0%) and education and training (15.4%). Other common industries include professional and technical services at 8.4% and manufacturing at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.3%, followed by managers at 14.0% and clerical and administrative staff at 12.1%. Technicians and trades workers account for 11.0% of the local 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 Ousley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12793/mount-ousley/topic/employment