4.5% ▲ +21.1%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonee Beach West · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Moonee Beach West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Moonee Beach West, where 20.4% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While a very high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, full-time employment has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 69.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment fell 13 points since 2011 to 52.4%, a figure well below the New South Wales average.
69.3% ▲ +2.6%
Higher than 91% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 67.5%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 69.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -19.3%
Lower than 70% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with 15.6% in construction and 13.9% in retail trade. Education and training employ 10.9% of workers, while 7.8% work in public administration and safety.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.3%, managers at 12.9%, and equal shares of 11.9% for both clerical and community service staff.
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 Moonee Beach West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL121081/moonee-beach-west/topic/employment