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+).
Mowbray Park · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high percentage of adults in Mowbray Park are working or looking for work, though few are in full-time roles. This creates a local workforce where almost three-quarters of adults are active in the labour market, while the unemployment rate is remarkably low at 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 72% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 52.7%, and the unemployment rate is much lower than most areas at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
72.0% —
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several fields, with manufacturing, construction, and education all accounting for 12.7% of the workforce. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and electricity, gas and water each make up 7.3%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are common here, with 30.9% of workers employed as managers. Other typical roles include clerical and administrative work at 16.4%, labourers at 9.1%, and community and personal service workers at 7.3%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mowbray Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12821/mowbray-park/topic/employment