4.8% ▲ +13.0%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nannup · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Nannup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Nannup are working or looking for work, reflecting a local job market that is much smaller than elsewhere. Only 50.7% of the population are employed full-time, a figure that is well below the national average and has barely changed over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 48.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9% and has fallen by 9.1 points since 2011. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
48.9% ▼ -15.7%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 48.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 93% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 51.4%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employs 20.9% of people. Other common industries include manufacturing at 11.7% and health care and social assistance at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly a quarter of workers are managers, making up 24.5% of the local workforce. Labourers follow at 19.3%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 13.5% of jobs.
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 Nannup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA56300/nannup/topic/employment