4.0% —
Lower than 85% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Curtin · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Curtin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Strong employment rates define daily life in Curtin, where 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the national figure, paired with a very low unemployment rate of 4.0% which is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults in Curtin are in the workforce than in most areas, a figure that rose 2.9 points since 2016. While the unemployment rate fell 2.1 points to a low 4.0%, full-time employment dipped slightly to 58.2%.
65.5% —
Higher than 79% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.2% —
Lower than 53% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 58.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 17.3%, followed by professional and technical services at 13.4%. Education and training (10.4%) and mining (7.4%) also provide significant employment.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed toward high-skill roles, with professionals making up 39.5% of jobs and managers accounting for another 16.8%. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 10.4%.
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 Curtin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED505/curtin/topic/employment