0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Prospect · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Prospect
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than half of workers in Mount Prospect are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This is a place where a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, and there is currently no one unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 80% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Victorian figure of 62.4%. This high activity is paired with a 0% unemployment rate, well below the national figure of 5.1%.
80.0% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 85.3%
- 2021: 80.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% —
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 85.7%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 57.1% of the local workforce. Health care and social assistance follows as the next biggest employer at 21.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 25%, followed by community and personal service workers at 21.4%. Professionals and managers account for 14.3% and 10.7% of the workforce respectively.
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 Prospect [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21808/mount-prospect/topic/employment