2.0% ▼ -71.5%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.9%
- 2016: 12.5%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mungar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mungar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 2.0% marks the current job market in Mungar. While few people are out of work, the overall number of residents working or looking for work is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Queensland figure of 61.6%. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 55.3%, though the unemployment rate remains much lower than the national average.
55.0% ▼ -7.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.5%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 49.1%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is mostly employed in health care and social assistance (14.7%), followed by public administration and safety at 13.3% and education and training at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 18.0%, with technicians and tradespeople making up 16.7% 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 Mungar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32073/mungar/topic/employment