4.6% ▼ -0.3%
Lower than 52% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Fremantle · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Fremantle
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people work full-time in Fremantle than in most other areas, with only 56.5% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. However, the area has a high number of residents active in the workforce, and unemployment remains steady at 4.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. While this has risen since 2011, the share of full-time workers has fallen by 3.8 points over the same period.
64.0% ▲ +2.0%
Higher than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -6.3%
Lower than 70% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.8%, followed by education and training at 12.3% and professional and technical services at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 37.3%, with managers accounting for another 15.9% 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 Fremantle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/50702/fremantle/topic/employment