4.2% ▲ +7.3%
Lower than 57% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Donnybrook-Balingup · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Donnybrook-Balingup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Donnybrook-Balingup compared to the rest of the state. Only 56.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. This workforce is primarily driven by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which is the area's largest employer.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work fell to 56.3% since 2011. Full-time employment is also lower than most areas at 56.6%, while the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the national figure.
56.3% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry at 13.6%. Other significant employers include health care and social assistance (11.2%), mining (10.3%), and construction (9.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation group at 17.5%. Technicians and trades follow at 16.7%, with professionals (13.9%), labourers (13.4%) and machinery operators and drivers (11.5%) also making up large shares of the 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 Donnybrook-Balingup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA52870/donnybrook-balingup/topic/employment