0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Buller · Urban Centre
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of all workers in Mount Buller are employed in accommodation and food services. This creates a unique job market where the typical worker is not in full-time employment, although the area currently has an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has fallen 14 points since 2011 to 47.0%, leaving this area far below the state average.
0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.0% ▲ +23.6%
Higher than 50% of urban centre areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.0% ▼ -22.5%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily reliant on tourism, with 44.0% of people working in accommodation and food and another 23.5% in transport and warehousing.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 34.3%, followed by managers at 13.9% and labourers at 12.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mount Buller [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222056/mount-buller/topic/employment