4.8% ▲ +246.5%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Barker · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Mount Barker
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A sharp 33 point drop in the number of adults working or looking for work marks the recent shift in Mount Barker. Only 47.6% of adults are now in the workforce, which is far below the national figure. This decline is most evident in full-time employment, which has fallen 21 points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most other areas at 47.6%. While the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the state and national figures, full-time employment is well below the Western Australian average.
47.6% ▼ -40.7%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 80.3%
- 2016: 49.4%
- 2021: 47.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -28.2%
Lower than 60% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 75.6%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People in Mount Barker work across a variety of sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing being the most common at 12.3%. Health care and social assistance follow closely at 11.4%, while retail trade accounts for 10.9% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers here at 21.6%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 13.4%, and community and personal service workers at 11.9%.
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/UCL515025/mount-barker/topic/employment