2.2% ▲ —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 2.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Taylor · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Taylor
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mount Taylor than in most similar areas. While the local unemployment rate is a low 2.2%, full-time employment is far below the national figure at 48.6%. This suggests a workforce that is active but often employed in part-time or casual roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 65.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the 61.1% national figure. This active workforce faces a low unemployment rate of 2.2%, which is a little below the figures for Victoria and Australia.
65.9% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.4%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.6% ▼ -14.7%
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 48.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in health care and social assistance (14.7%) and construction (14.1%). Education and training (11.3%), retail trade (7.9%), and agriculture, forestry and fishing (7.3%) also employ notable numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 19.2%, followed by professionals at 17.5%. Technicians and trades workers and community and personal service workers each make up 13.6% of the workforce, while labourers account for 10.2%.
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 Taylor [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21813/mount-taylor/topic/employment