1.9% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mundubbera · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mundubbera
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of people work full-time in Mundubbera than the national figure, with 69.2% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is a place where the vast majority of jobs are linked to the land and manual work, though the number of adults working or looking for work has fallen since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Unemployment is very low at 1.9%, which is well below both the state and national figures. While 58.1% of adults are working or looking for work, this is a little below the Australian average and has dropped 14 points since 2011.
58.1% ▼ -19.1%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.8%
- 2016: 35.6%
- 2021: 58.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.2% ▼ -3.6%
Higher than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.7%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 69.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 42.1% of the workforce. Other main employers include health care and social assistance at 7.9% and retail trade at 6.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up nearly half of all occupations at 46.6%, which is consistent with the high number of people working in agriculture. Managers account for 11.1% of the workforce, followed by community and personal service workers at 8.0%.
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 Mundubbera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315072/mundubbera/topic/employment