6.0% ▼ -12.8%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Clear · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Clear
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance roles are the most common source of work in Mount Clear, with 19.2% of workers in this field. While about 61% of adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places. This creates a job market where a large portion of the local workforce is in community-focused roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 6.0%, which is much higher than most similar areas and a little above the Victorian figure of 5.0%. Full-time employment is also low, with only 54.3% of residents working full-time, well below the national figure of 58.9%.
61.0% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Mount Clear work mostly in health care and social assistance (19.2%), followed by education and training at 13.9%. Other common industries include retail trade at 11.5% and accommodation and food services at 8.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of the workforce are professionals, making up 24.9% of all jobs. Community and personal service roles are the next most common at 14.6%, while clerical and administrative workers make up 13.3%.
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 Clear [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21783/mount-clear/topic/employment