Mount Barker · Urban Centre

Jobs & Industry in Mount Barker

Name: Jobs & Industry in Mount Barker — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

A much larger share of adults in Mount Barker have been working or looking for work since 2011. This growth in the workforce has happened alongside a falling unemployment rate, which now sits at 3.7%—lower than most similar areas. The local economy is underpinned by a strong presence of health and social assistance workers.

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📍 Mount Barker, Urban Centre

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Around 66% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the South Australian and national rates. Full-time employment is at 57.5%, which is about the same as the state average but has fallen since 2011.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.9%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and education and training at 9.7%. Construction and public administration also employ significant shares of the workforce.

Industries people work in

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Mount Barker splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (16%) and Retail trade (12%), with Education & training at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 15.9% Retail trade 11.5% Education & training 9.7% Construction 9.1% Public administration & safety 7.5% Accommodation & food 6.4% Manufacturing 6.2% Professional & technical 6.2% Other services 4.3% Administrative & support 3.3%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.8%. Technicians and trades workers follow at 14.6%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 13.2% of the local workforce.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Mount Barker — Professionals leads at 21%, ahead of Technicians & trades (15%) and Community & personal service (13%).

Professionals 20.8% Technicians & trades 14.6% Community & personal service 13.2% Managers 12.7% Clerical & administrative 12.6% Sales workers 10.2% Labourers 9.6% Machinery operators & drivers 4.7%

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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL412002/mount-barker/topic/employment

Mount Barker	3.7%
5251, SA	3.6%
South Australia	5.4%
Australia	5.1%

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