5.6% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Victoria · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Victoria
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Mount Victoria compared to most similar areas. Only 52.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is paired with a 5.6% unemployment rate that is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national average, with only 46.7% of the population in full-time roles. This helps explain why the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is so much lower than in New South Wales.
52.3% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.9%
- 2016: 53.0%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.7% ▼ -13.6%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.0%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with Education and training and Health care and social assistance both representing 13.6% of jobs. Public administration and safety also make up a significant share at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.6%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.1% and managers at 13.8%.
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 Victoria [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12808/mount-victoria/topic/employment