1.3% ▼ -54.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 1.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mungindi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mungindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower unemployment rate of 1.3% marks Mungindi as a place where very few people are without work. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work than in most other areas, those who are employed are far more likely to have full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 64.4%, well above the national figure of 58.9%. Only 55.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the New South Wales rate of 58.7%.
55.0% ▼ -13.7%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.8%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.4% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 66.5%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 37.8% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 11.7% and health care and social assistance at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.3%, followed by labourers at 15.8%. Community and personal service workers account for 14.9% 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 Mungindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12854/mungindi/topic/employment