10.0% ▲ +11.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.0%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murdunna · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Murdunna
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Murdunna than in most similar areas. A striking 10% unemployment rate is among the highest for areas of this size, which is well above the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 41.7% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the 61.1% seen across Australia. Full-time employment is also lower than usual at 53.2%.
41.7% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 45.9%
- 2016: 37.0%
- 2021: 41.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▲ +4.7%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.8%
- 2016: 52.4%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.8%, followed by manufacturing at 11.0% and public administration and safety at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.2%, with technicians and tradespeople following at 16.5% and professionals at 14.7%.
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 Murdunna [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60438/murdunna/topic/employment