4.5% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mortlake · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mortlake
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much lower levels of employment than most similar areas define the workforce in Mortlake. Only about half of the adults here are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 50.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 61.1% national figure. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 51.3%, while the unemployment rate is 4.5%.
50.9% ▲ +0.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.7%
- 2016: 50.2%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.3% ▼ -17.4%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 51.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Mortlake, accounting for 23.4% of jobs. Other main sectors include health care and social assistance at 14.3% and retail trade at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up 19% of the local workforce, followed closely by labourers at 18.8%. Technicians and tradespeople account for 13.1%, while community and personal service workers make up 12.7%.
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 Mortlake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21767/mortlake/topic/employment