3.4% ▼ -32.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murarrie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murarrie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 75.4% of adults in Murarrie are working or looking for work, which is far above both the state and national figures. This high level of activity is driven by a strong full-time workforce that is much larger than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The workforce is very active, with 66.8% of people employed full-time, well above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
75.4% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 75.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.8% ▼ -4.8%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 66.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in health care and social assistance, where 13.6% of people work, followed by professional and technical services at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, accounting for 28.1% of jobs. Managers and clerical or administrative staff also make up a large part of the local workforce, at 15.7% and 15.6% respectively.
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 Murarrie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32081/murarrie/topic/employment