3.7% ▲ +28.1%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
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.
Full-time work is very common in Mount Pleasant, where 65.1% of the workforce has a full-time role. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. Most residents are employed in stable, professional or technical roles that support the regional hub.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.7%, slightly lower than both the state and national averages.
59.4% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.4%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.1% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.3%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 65.1%
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 15.9%, followed by mining at 11.8% and education and training at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent at 20.6%, with technicians and trades workers making up another 19.3% of the local 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 Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32014/mount-pleasant/topic/employment