4.4% ▲ +48.4%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lower Mitcham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lower Mitcham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Lower Mitcham, with one in five workers in this field. This is a motivated workforce where 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, sitting well above South Australia's 60.0%. The unemployment rate is 4.4%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
64.4% ▼ -1.6%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.1% ▲ +4.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 57.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services (14.3%) and education and training (12.8%) also provide significant employment. Public administration and safety (8.0%) and retail trade (7.8%) round out the top industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.4%, followed by managers at 16.8%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 11.8% 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 Lower Mitcham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40788/lower-mitcham/topic/employment