5.4% ▼ -43.1%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.5%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mirrabooka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of the adults in Mirrabooka work full-time, which is a much lower rate than most other areas. While 61.2% of adults are working or looking for work, the local unemployment rate of 5.4% is higher than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below the national figure at 48.0%, sitting 11 points lower than the Australian average. This is despite the local workforce rate being about the same as the national figure of 61.1%.
61.2% ▲ +1.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 61.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.0% ▼ -18.9%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers here at 16.0%, followed by construction at 14.2% and retail trade at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 18.6%, while technicians and tradespeople make up 16.3% 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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12658/mirrabooka/topic/employment