5.1% ▼ -29.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mountain View · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mountain View
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Mountain View, where 21.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state average, full-time employment is notably low.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. However, full-time work is much lower than most areas, at 52.7%, and the unemployment rate of 5.1% is higher than in most similar places.
62.0% ▲ +7.6%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▲ +22.9%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 42.9%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is a major employer at 16.1%. Other common industries for residents include public administration and safety at 12.9%, and education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group of residents at 23.7%. Professionals and technicians and trades are equally common, each accounting for 15.1% of the local 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 View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12819/mountain-view/topic/employment