2.0% ▼ -60.7%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 2.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mungindi · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mungindi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five people in Mungindi (L) work in community and personal services. While the local workforce has shrunk since 2011, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 2.0%. This is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 50.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment stands at 58.1%, though this is 6.8 percentage points lower than it was in 2011.
50.9% ▼ -12.6%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 50.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -10.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 18.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.9%. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 14.2% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Common roles include community and personal service workers (18.9%) and labourers (16.9%). Professionals make up 14.2% of the workforce, while machinery operators and drivers account for 12.2%.
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 Mungindi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL122093/mungindi/topic/employment