4.4% ▼ -33.3%
Lower than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 6.6%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Gambier · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Mount Gambier
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are out of work in Mount Gambier than in most similar areas, with an unemployment rate of 4.4%. While the percentage of adults working or looking for work has fallen over the last decade, the area maintains a steady job market tied to essential services and trade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 60% of adults are working or looking for work, which is higher than most areas. Full-time employment sits at 57.7%, though this is 2.8 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
60.0% ▼ -4.4%
Higher than 62% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 60.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -4.6%
Higher than 51% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 57.7%
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 16.2%, followed by retail trade at 12.1% and manufacturing at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly across several roles, with professionals, technicians and trades, and community and personal service workers each making up about 14% of the population.
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 Gambier [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/4002/mount-gambier/topic/employment