1.0% ▼ -85.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 1.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Beauty · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small proportion of the adult population is working or looking for work in Mount Beauty, with only 49.9% in the labour force. This is far below the national figure of 61.1%. While many adults aren't working, the local unemployment rate is very low at just 1.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.5% of the population is employed full-time, which is far below the 59.2% seen across Victoria. This contributes to the area having a much lower share of adults working or looking for work than most other places.
1.0% ▼ -85.6%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
49.9% ▲ +1.8%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
43.5% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.6%, followed closely by education and training at 14.8%. Other common industries include accommodation and food services at 13.2% and retail trade at 11.9%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.8%, with community and personal service workers following at 19.0%. Technicians and trades people account for 17.7% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mount Beauty [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21772/mount-beauty/topic/employment