5.6% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 76% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
6312, WA · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 6312, WA
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 postcode 6312 than in most other areas. While a high 61% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall participation rate is well below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that has fallen since 2011 and sits well below the Western Australian average. The unemployment rate is 5.6%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
56.6% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 64% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 59.4%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.0% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the largest employer at 16.8%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.1% and education and training at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.2%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 15.5% and managers at 15.1%.
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 6312, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6312/6312-wa/topic/employment