7.3% ▼ -10.1%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Pleasant
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 7.3% unemployment rate makes Mount Pleasant struggle more than most similar areas to find work. While about 60.8% of adults are working or looking for a job, full-time employment is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is a little above both the state and national figures. Only 53.3% of the population are employed full-time, which is well below the 58.9% seen across Australia.
60.8% ▲ +4.3%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 60.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 53.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 16.8%. Other notable sectors include education and training at 10.6%, and accommodation and food services at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are professionals. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15% and technicians and tradespeople at 13%.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21807/mount-pleasant/topic/employment