15.4% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moogara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moogara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer people are employed or seeking work in Moogara compared to most similar areas. This is a sparsely populated place where only 48.1% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate is among the highest at this level.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 15.4%, which is far above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average, with only 47.8% of residents working full-time.
48.1% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 32.6%
- 2021: 48.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.8% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for those who work here, employing 17.4% of the workforce, followed by construction at 13.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 17.4%, while managers, professionals, sales workers, and machinery operators each make up 13.0% 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 Moogara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60418/moogara/topic/employment