0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Hope · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Mount Hope than in the rest of the state, with a striking 78.8% in the workforce. This is a highly active community where almost everyone has a job, and the local unemployment rate is 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While nearly 79% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%, full-time employment is well below the state average at 53.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
78.8% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.8% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by the land, with 73.1% of the workforce employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Management roles are the most common a way to earn a living here, accounting for 53.8% of jobs, while technicians and trades make up 11.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mount Hope [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40949/mount-hope/topic/employment