4.9% ▼ -30.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.0%
- 2016: 6.8%
- 2021: 4.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Gambier · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Gambier
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 Mount Gambier, with 16.7% of workers in these roles. The city's workforce mirrors state trends, though the unemployment rate of 4.9% is higher than in most similar areas. Overall, the local job market is typical for its size and region.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the South Australian and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 57.2%, keeping the area around the middle compared to similar places.
58.2% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.2% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 57.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 16.7% and retail trade at 12.7%. Manufacturing is also a significant employer, accounting for 9.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most frequent at 15.2%, followed closely by professionals and technicians and trades, who each make up around 14% 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 Mount Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40947/mount-gambier/topic/employment