3.9% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mawson · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mawson
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in Mawson than in most similar areas. The area has a strong professional workforce, with 64% of the population employed full-time. This is well above the national figure, although it sits slightly below the ACT average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the Australian figure and about the same as the ACT.
66.3% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.4%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 66.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -6.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.1%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer in Mawson at 27.5%, followed by health care and social assistance at 18.9%. Professional and technical services make up 9.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents work as professionals, and 17.3% are managers. Clerical and administrative roles are also common, making up 14% 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 Mawson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80092/mawson/topic/employment