1.5% ▼ -25.9%
Lower than 98% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 2.2%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Jerramungup · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Jerramungup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher numbers of working adults define the workforce in Jerramungup compared to most similar areas. A striking 65.8% of adults are working or looking for work, with a very low unemployment rate of just 1.5%. This indicates a highly active local job market where almost everyone who wants a job has one.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well above the national figure at 64.0%, though this has fallen 5.8 percentage points since 2011. Overall, the percentage of adults working or looking for work has also dropped 6.9 percentage points over the last decade to 65.8%.
65.8% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 87% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 72.6%
- 2016: 66.9%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 74% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 70.8%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 50.8% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education and training at 9.2% and accommodation and food services at 7.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 40.9%. Labourers follow at 15.3%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 11.5% 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 Jerramungup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA54130/jerramungup/topic/employment