0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mountain Lagoon · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mountain Lagoon
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Very few residents in Mountain Lagoon are working or looking for work compared to most similar areas. Only 46.7% of adults are in the labour force, and full-time employment is far below the national figure at 30.6%. Despite this, the area has a 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below the New South Wales and Australian figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also among the lowest for similar areas, sitting at 30.6%.
46.7% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 46.8%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
30.6% ▼ -44.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 37.1%
- 2021: 30.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with retail trade and accommodation and food services each making up 22.2% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also play a significant role at 19.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Sales workers are the most common occupation at 16.7%, followed by managers and professionals who each make up 13.9% of the 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 Mountain Lagoon [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12817/mountain-lagoon/topic/employment