6.2% ▼ -19.0%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.7%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mossman · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mossman
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Mossman compared to most other areas, with only 52.6% working or looking for work. This lower participation rate is paired with a local unemployment rate of 6.2%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working full-time is less common here than in other regions, with 53.7% of the population employed full-time. This is well below the Queensland figure of 59.0%.
52.6% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 52.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% ▼ -9.7%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by retail trade at 13.6%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.1% and accommodation and food services at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 19.7%, while community and personal service workers account for 15.8% of jobs.
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 Mossman [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31929/mossman/topic/employment