0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mountain Top · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A tiny unemployment rate of 0% means almost every working-age adult in Mountain Top has a job. Full-time employment is much higher here than in most other areas, with 65.2% of the workforce in permanent full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 57.4% of adults are working or looking for work—which is well below the national figure of 61.1%—those who are employed are overwhelmingly in full-time positions.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
57.4% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.2% —
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 65.2% of the workforce. Retail trade (21.7%) and health care and social assistance (17.4%) also provide significant employment.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the residents are managers, making up 47.8% of the workforce. Sales workers and labourers each account for 21.7% of jobs in the area.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mountain Top [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12818/mountain-top/topic/employment