0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murdong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murdong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Murdong than in most similar areas. This is a highly active workforce where 87.5% of adults are engaged, and the unemployment rate has dropped to 0.0%. However, full-time roles are rare here, with only 42.9% of residents employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 87.5% of adults are working or looking for work—far above the national figure of 61.1%—full-time employment is far below the state rate of 60.2%. This high level of activity is paired with a 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
87.5% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.0%
- 2021: 87.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.9% —
Lower than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with construction and education and training both accounting for 23.8% of jobs. Agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care and social assistance each make up 19.0% of employment.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 28.6%, followed by managers at 23.8%. Professionals, technicians, and trades workers each make up 14.3% of the local 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 Murdong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51065/murdong/topic/employment