4.4% —
Lower than 67% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Durack · Federal Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Durack
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment in Durack is among the highest for similar areas, with 65.5% of the population working full-time. This high level of stable work exists alongside a lower-than-average number of adults who are working or looking for work. The local job market is heavily shaped by the mining sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.6% of adults are working or looking for work—which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%—the unemployment rate is low at 4.4%. Full-time employment is well above the national figure, though it has fallen 4.1 percentage points since 2016.
59.6% —
Lower than 60% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.5% —
Higher than 92% of federal electorate areas.
- 2016: 69.6%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the biggest employer in the region at 14.6%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 10.8%, and education and training at 9.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 18.5%. Professionals follow at 14.7%, with managers accounting for 13.4% of the local workforce.
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 Durack [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ced/CED506/durack/topic/employment