3.0% ▼ -52.0%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.1%
- 2016: 7.2%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Melville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Melville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the primary employer in Mount Melville, where nearly one in five workers are in this field. This industry leads a diverse local workforce that is slightly more likely to be working or looking for work than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 62.6% of adults are working or looking for work, with an unemployment rate of 3.0%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. However, full-time employment is well below the national average at 55.4%.
62.6% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 62.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -6.2%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.1%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 19.3%, followed by education and training at 10.7%. Other notable sectors include accommodation and food (8.8%), construction (8.4%), and retail trade (8.2%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 23.5% of workers. Other frequent roles include technicians and trades at 14.5%, while clerical and administrative staff and labourers both make up 13.4%.
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 Melville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51025/mount-melville/topic/employment