3.5% ▲ +14.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Pleasant · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Pleasant
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Lower levels of employment than most similar areas define Mount Pleasant, where only 56% of adults are working or looking for work. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a little below the state and national figures, sitting at 3.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well below both the South Australian (60%) and national (61.1%) figures. Full-time employment for 58.1% of the population is about the same as the typical Australian resident.
56.0% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.6%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with construction (11.8%) and agriculture, forestry and fishing (11.3%) being the most common industries. Health care and social assistance follows closely at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 20.3%, followed by labourers at 17.1%. Managers and professionals also have a strong presence, representing 13.9% and 13.7% of the workforce 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 Mount Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40960/mount-pleasant/topic/employment