6.7% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mitchell Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mitchell Park
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 Mitchell Park, where 16.8% of the workforce is employed in this field. The area faces some employment challenges, with an unemployment rate of 6.7% that is a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victoria figure. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 52.3%, and the unemployment rate of 6.7% is much higher than in similar places.
59.2% ▼ -14.4%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.3% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 52.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance leads the local workforce at 16.8%, followed by construction at 11.4% and retail trade at 10.9%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 9.5% and manufacturing at 8.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.3%. Labourers follow at 15.3%, with technicians and trades people accounting for 14.6% 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 Mitchell Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21707/mitchell-park/topic/employment