5.2% ▲ +6.6%
Higher than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 5.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wagin · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Wagin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A reliance on the land defines the local workforce in Wagin, where over a quarter of people work in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas, with only 51.9% in the local labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work has fallen since 2011 to 51.9%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure, and the unemployment rate sits at 5.2%.
51.9% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -9.1%
Lower than 85% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry, employing 26.7% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 11.9% and retail trade at 7.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 22.1%, followed by labourers at 16.9% and technicians and trades at 13.6%.
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 Wagin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA58610/wagin/topic/employment