2.9% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 2.9%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Muirhead · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Muirhead
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over a quarter of the workforce in Muirhead is employed in public administration and safety. This is a highly active area where 80.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above both the Territory and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Employment levels are very strong here, with 72.9% of people working full-time, which is far above the Australian figure. This high activity is reflected in a low unemployment rate of 2.9%.
80.1% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 81.4%
- 2021: 80.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
72.9% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 72.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Government and care roles dominate the local economy, with public administration and safety (26.5%) and health care and social assistance (24.6%) being the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 32.1%, followed by community and personal service workers at 16.8% and managers at 12.4%.
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 Muirhead [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70198/muirhead/topic/employment