Blue Mountains · State Electorate

Jobs & Industry in Blue Mountains

Name: Jobs & Industry in Blue Mountains — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
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Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Full-time employment has fallen by 6.1 percentage points since 2011 in the Blue Mountains. This shift is part of a broader trend where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to a decade ago. Despite this, the area maintains a low unemployment rate of 3.9%, which is much lower than most similar areas.

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📍 Blue Mountains, State Electorate

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 52.6% of residents are employed full-time, a figure well below the national average of 58.9%. While about 58.1% of adults are working or looking for work, the unemployment rate has improved, falling 1.3 percentage points since 2011.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 16.4%, followed by education and training at 14.9%. Other major employers include public administration and safety (8.9%), construction (8.6%), and retail trade (8.0%).

Industries people work in

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Blue Mountains splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (17%) and Education & training (15%), with Public administration & safety at 9%.

Health care & social assistance 16.4% Education & training 14.9% Public administration & safety 8.9% Construction 8.6% Retail trade 8.0% Professional & technical 7.4% Accommodation & food 6.1% Manufacturing 4.6% Transport & warehousing 3.5% Other services 3.5%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 30.2%. Managers make up 13.5% of the workforce, while technicians and trades, clerical and administrative staff, and community and personal service workers each represent about 12% of the local jobs.

Occupations people work in

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In Blue Mountains, the largest group is Professionals at 31%, followed by Managers (14%) and Technicians & trades (13%).

Professionals 30.2% Managers 13.5% Technicians & trades 12.8% Clerical & administrative 12.3% Community & personal service 12.2% Labourers 6.9% Sales workers 6.7% Machinery operators & drivers 4.1%

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 Blue Mountains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10011/blue-mountains/topic/employment

Blue Mountains	3.9%
Greater Sydney	5.1%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Blue Mountains sits — Unemployment rate