10.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mumberkine · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of working-age residents in Mumberkine are either employed or seeking work, though many face instability. While 76.9% are in the labour force, the unemployment rate is 10.0%, which is well above the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, though full-time employment is far below the state figure at 50.0%. The unemployment rate of 10.0% is well above both the state and national figures of 5.1%.
10.0% —
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
76.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 54.2% of the workforce, followed by retail trade at 29.2% and mining at 12.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Over half of the workforce are managers at 58.3%, while clerical and administrative roles and sales workers each make up 20.8% of jobs.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mumberkine [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51053/mumberkine/topic/employment