3.1% ▼ -29.3%
Lower than 94% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 4.4%
- 2016: 3.9%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bowral - Mittagong · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Bowral - Mittagong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment has fallen by 3.8 percentage points since 2011 in Bowral - Mittagong, where 55.6% of the workforce now holds a full-time role. Despite this shift, the area maintains a very strong job market with an unemployment rate of just 3.1%, which is lower than both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 56.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is well below the national average of 61.1%. While full-time work is less common here than in most other areas, the 3.1% unemployment rate is among the lowest for similar places.
56.2% ▲ +0.8%
Lower than 57% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.6% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 68% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 58.6%
- 2021: 55.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 14.1%, followed by construction at 10.2% and education and training at 9.6%. Retail trade and accommodation and food services also make up significant shares of the local economy.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.6%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.9%. Managers, community and personal service workers, and clerical staff also represent large portions 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 Bowral - Mittagong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1006/bowral-mittagong/topic/employment