1.7% ▼ -57.8%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 2.7%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pinjarra Hills · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pinjarra Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 34.4% of adults in Pinjarra Hills are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This makes it one of the areas with the lowest workforce participation levels. While few people are working, those who do are mostly in professional roles, and the unemployment rate is very low at 1.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is just 1.7%, which is well below the Queensland figure of 5.4%. However, full-time employment at 55.9% is also lower than most areas, sitting 3.1 percentage points below the state average.
34.4% ▼ -20.1%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 43.1%
- 2016: 41.4%
- 2021: 34.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.9%
- 2016: 61.4%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.9% and professional and technical services at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.9%, with clerical and administrative staff accounting for 19.9% and managers making up 16.9% of the 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 Pinjarra Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL32328/pinjarra-hills/topic/employment