0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Thorley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Thorley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A full-time employment rate of 75.6% puts Mount Thorley far above the national figure. This is a working area where nearly a quarter of the workforce is employed in the mining industry.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 62.1% of adults active in the labour force. This is well above the New South Wales figure, and the area currently records a 0.0% unemployment rate.
62.1% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.4%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 62.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.6% ▲ +18.5%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 65.5%
- 2021: 75.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for 24.4% of workers. Other services follow at 12.2%, while manufacturing, wholesale trade, and real estate each account for 9.8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents work as machinery operators and drivers. Managers make up 17.1% of occupations, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.2%.
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 Thorley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12805/mount-thorley/topic/employment