54.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.6%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 54.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
Ajana · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.5% of adults in Ajana are working or looking for work. This is a significantly lower proportion than in most other similar areas, sitting well below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 54.5%, which is 9.3 percentage points lower than the Western Australian average and 6.5 percentage points below the national figure.
54.5% ▼ -20.5%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries people work in is Agriculture, forestry & fishing at 86%, ahead of Mining (0%).
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common occupations people work in is Managers at 64%, ahead of Professionals (0%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Ajana [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50005/ajana/topic/employment