5.8% ▼ -15.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mooroopna · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mooroopna
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Mooroopna than in most similar areas. Only 50.4% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This low participation sits alongside an unemployment rate of 5.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 58.7% of workers are employed full-time—about the same as the national figure—the overall number of adults working or looking for work is far below the Australian average of 61.1%.
50.4% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.6%, followed by manufacturing at 11.4% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%, while professionals account for 14.2% and technicians and trades for 13.8%.
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 Mooroopna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21756/mooroopna/topic/employment