9.8% ▲ —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mosman Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mosman Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 12 percentage points separates Mosman Park from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. While those in employment are more likely to work full-time than people elsewhere, the area also faces a high unemployment rate of 9.8%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 9.8%, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%. Only 49.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Queensland rate of 61.6%.
49.3% ▼ -19.2%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.9% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are education and training at 18.7%, followed by mining at 14.6% and health care and social assistance at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%. Professionals and labourers each account for 14.6% of the workforce.
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 Mosman Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31927/mosman-park/topic/employment