0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Bute · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Bute
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 20 percentage point gap separates Mount Bute from Victoria in terms of the number of adults working or looking for work. This sparsely populated area is defined by an exceptionally strong employment rate and a workforce heavily tied to the land.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local workforce is remarkably active, with 82% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also very high at 80.5%, while the unemployment rate is well below the state and national figures at 0.0%.
82.0% —
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 77.3%
- 2021: 82.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.5% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 80.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, employing 68.3% of the workforce. Transport and warehousing make up another 7.3% of the industry mix.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of workers are managers, accounting for 51.2% of occupations. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 22% and professionals at 9.8%.
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 Mount Bute [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21780/mount-bute/topic/employment