6.9% ▲ +128.5%
Higher than 86% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 3.0%
- 2016: 8.5%
- 2021: 6.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Druitt · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Mount Druitt
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Mount Druitt compared to most other areas. Only 55.4% of the adult population is in the labour force, and the local unemployment rate has risen to 6.9%. This marks a significant shift for the area, as the percentage of people working or searching for jobs has fallen by 13 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is a little above the national figure of 5.1%, and the share of full-time workers has fallen 10 points since 2011 to 57.5%. This is about the same as the New South Wales average.
55.4% ▼ -19.0%
Lower than 79% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -15.2%
Lower than 61% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.1% and transport and warehousing at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%, while 15.9% work as machinery operators and drivers and 15.2% are in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Mount Druitt [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10054/mount-druitt/topic/employment