4.6% ▼ -31.8%
Lower than 57% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 6.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mudgeeraba · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Mudgeeraba
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Mudgeeraba, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, full-time employment has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 55.0%, and has dropped 4.6 points since 2011.
65.2% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 71% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 65.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.0% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Mudgeeraba work across a range of sectors, led by health care and social assistance at 15.5%, followed by construction at 11.9% and retail trade at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.1%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.1% and clerical and administrative staff at 13.2%.
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 Mudgeeraba [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED30059/mudgeeraba/topic/employment