5.3% ▼ -30.4%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonbi · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Moonbi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A jump of 16 percentage points in the number of adults working or looking for work defines the recent job market in Moonbi. More people are now active in the workforce than in 2011, with full-time employment also rising to 56.5% over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most similar areas, though the 56.8% figure is well below the national rate. Unemployment has fallen to 5.3%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
56.8% ▲ +40.3%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 40.5%
- 2016: 45.7%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 17.0%, followed by construction at 15.0% and retail trade at 10.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group of workers at 25.5%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 16.5%.
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 Moonbi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122089/moonbi/topic/employment