4.1% ▲ +12.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mundaring · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mundaring
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A smaller share of adults are working or looking for work in Mundaring compared to most other areas. While 55.9% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate of 4.1% is about the same as the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below both the Western Australian figure of 63.9% and the national rate of 61.1%. Among those employed, 58% have full-time roles, a figure slightly below the state average.
55.9% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.0% ▼ -0.6%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.3%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the biggest employer at 11.5%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 10.7%. Mining also makes up a significant part of the local economy at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.9%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 16.7%. Managers and clerical staff follow at 14.1% and 11.5% 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 Mundaring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51055/mundaring/topic/employment