5.5% ▼ -23.9%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mullumbimby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mullumbimby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Mullumbimby, where 15.3% of people are employed in the sector. This reflects a workforce with a strong professional focus, though far fewer residents work full-time compared to the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also far below the Australian average, with just 39.1% of the population in full-time roles.
55.2% ▲ +4.5%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 55.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
39.1% ▼ -15.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 39.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade (13.1%) and education and training (11.5%) are the next biggest employers after health care. Accommodation and food services employ 8.7% of the workforce, while construction accounts for 7.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.7%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 13.3%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 13.1%.
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 Mullumbimby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12839/mullumbimby/topic/employment