3.7% ▼ -37.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Albany · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Albany
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Albany, with nearly a quarter of the workforce in this sector. However, the area sees fewer people working or looking for work than most other regions, with only 54.3% of adults in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 52.6%. While fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to the state, the unemployment rate is a little lower than the national figure at 3.7%.
54.3% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.1%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.6% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 52.6%
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 at 24.7%, followed by education and training at 11.3%. Other key sectors include accommodation and food (9.8%) and retail trade (8.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31%, with managers following at 17.1%. Community and personal service workers account for 12.6% 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 Albany [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50006/albany/topic/employment