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Mount Pritchard · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Mount Pritchard

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Much lower employment rates than most similar areas define Mount Pritchard, where only 44.3% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%. A high unemployment rate of 7.8% also marks the area as struggling compared to the rest of the state.

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📍 Mount Pritchard, Suburb / Locality

Where Mount Pritchard sits — Unemployment rate

7.8% ▼ -11.8%

All suburb / locality areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Pritchard — higher than 86% of areas.

Mount Pritchard7.8%
2170, NSW 7.5%
New South Wales 4.9%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Full-time work is uncommon here, with only 49.9% of the workforce in full-time roles, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This helps explain why the local unemployment rate is a little above the national average.

Unemployment rate

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7.8% ▼ -11.8%

Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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44.3% ▼ -12.3%

Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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49.9% ▼ -23.7%

Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance (11.8%) and retail trade (11.5%) as the most common industries. Manufacturing also employs a significant 10.6% of residents.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals and clerical staff are the most common roles at 14.7% and 14.4% respectively. There is also a strong presence of blue-collar work, with machinery operators and drivers making up 14.1% of jobs.

Occupations people work in

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Mount Pritchard splits fairly evenly between Professionals (15%) and Clerical & administrative (15%), with Machinery operators & drivers at 15%.

Professionals 14.7% Clerical & administrative 14.4% Machinery operators & drivers 14.1% Labourers 13.4% Technicians & trades 12.5% Community & personal service 10.7% Sales workers 8.9% Managers 7.9%

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 Pritchard [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12796/mount-pritchard/topic/employment