5.9% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dakabin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dakabin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Dakabin compared to the rest of the country. Roughly 71.6% of the adult population is active in the labour market, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. This strong work participation is matched by a slightly higher rate of full-time employment than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 71.6% of adults are in the workforce, the unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than most similar areas and about the same as the national figure.
71.6% ▲ +0.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 71.1%
- 2021: 71.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.9% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 66.4%
- 2021: 60.9%
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 17.2%, followed by retail trade at 13.2% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.4%, with clerical and administrative roles following at 15.7% and community and personal service workers at 14.4%.
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 Dakabin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30789/dakabin/topic/employment