3.7% ▼ -57.6%
Lower than 85% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 8.8%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mulgoa · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Mulgoa
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest employment group at 17.7% in Mulgoa. This is an active area for workers, with more adults working or looking for work than in most similar places. While full-time employment has dropped over the last decade, the local unemployment rate has also fallen significantly to just 3.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Unemployment is much lower than most areas at 3.7%, down 5.1 percentage points since 2011.
64.7% ▲ +10.5%
Higher than 69% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 69.5%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.8% ▼ -15.3%
Lower than 58% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are construction at 12.1% and health care and social assistance at 11.6%. Retail trade, education, and manufacturing also employ significant numbers of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals are the most common occupation at 17.7%, closely followed by clerical and administrative roles at 17.5%. Technicians and trades people make up 13.8% of the 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 Mulgoa [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED10055/mulgoa/topic/employment