4.1% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
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.
Professionals make up the biggest chunk of the workforce in Mount Pleasant, with 36.3% of workers in this group. This is a place where more adults are working or looking for work than in most other areas. The local job market is steady, with unemployment sitting at 4.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment stands at 59.8%, roughly the same as both the state and national levels.
65.2% ▲ +2.4%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.6%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.8% ▼ -2.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 59.8%
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 here at 16.1%. Other significant sectors include professional and technical services at 11.9% and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Alongside the high number of professionals, 18.4% of people work as managers. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 13.7%, while sales and community service workers each make up 8.4% 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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51030/mount-pleasant/topic/employment