2.6% ▼ -35.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 3.5%
- 2021: 2.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mountain River · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mountain River
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are out of work in Mountain River than in most similar areas, with an unemployment rate of just 2.6%. This is a productive community where 63.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Tasmanian figure. Most of the local workforce is engaged in professional or service-based roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults here are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. While full-time employment at 56.3% is a little below the national figure, the local unemployment rate of 2.6% is well below the state average.
63.3% ▼ -6.6%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.3% ▲ +10.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 56.3%
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 at 14.6%. Construction (11.9%) and education and training (11.5%) also employ significant numbers, while 9.2% of workers are in agriculture, forestry, and fishing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.8%. Managers make up 15.3% of the workforce, followed by technicians and trades people at 14.6%.
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 Mountain River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60436/mountain-river/topic/employment