4.5% ▲ +31.8%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Pleasant · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mount Pleasant
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A surge of 10 percentage points in the number of adults working or looking for work has happened in Mount Pleasant (L) since 2011. This shift brings the current rate to 51.8%, though this is still well below both the state and national figures. Most of the local workforce is now found in health, manufacturing, and construction.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60%. Full-time employment fell slightly since 2011 to 55.8%, while the unemployment rate rose 1.1 points to 4.5%.
51.8% ▲ +24.5%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 41.6%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 55.8%
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 14.1%, followed closely by manufacturing at 12.9% and construction at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 21.7%, with technicians and trades workers following closely at 21.3%.
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 Pleasant [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL421027/mount-pleasant/topic/employment