14.2% ▼ -13.6%
Higher than 96% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.5%
- 2016: 19.0%
- 2021: 14.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Windale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Windale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Windale compared to the rest of the state. Only 34.6% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate is well above the national figure at 14.2%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the Australian figure, with only 49.4% of the workforce in these roles. This helps explain why the overall number of adults working or looking for work is among the lowest for similar areas.
34.6% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 36.2%
- 2016: 35.0%
- 2021: 34.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.4% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.2%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 49.4%
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 local workers at 21.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.3% and accommodation and food services at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.3%, while 17.5% work in community and personal services and 16.3% are technicians or tradespeople.
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 Windale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL14333/windale/topic/employment