4.3% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gulmarrad · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers in Gulmarrad, where 13.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a much smaller proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to similar places, with only 50.6% of adults in the labour force.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 50.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 51.2%, while the unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
4.3% ▼ -32.9%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
50.6% ▼ -5.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with retail trade (13.3%) and health care and social assistance (13.2%) being the most common. Construction (10.4%) and education and training (10.1%) also employ a significant number of residents.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.5%. Other common roles include technicians and trades (15.2%), community and personal service workers (15.0%), and labourers (13.7%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Gulmarrad [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL11801/gulmarrad/topic/employment