0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alma · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alma
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Almost no one is without a job in Alma, where the unemployment rate is a striking 0.0%. While the area has a small workforce, those who do work are heavily concentrated in a few key industries. This creates a local economy driven largely by land management and leadership roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment stands at 53.7%, which is well below both the state and national rates.
58.5% —
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.9%
- 2021: 58.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.7% —
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.9%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry, and fishing, which employ 59.3% of the workforce. Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 9.3% and health care and social assistance at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workers in Alma are managers, making up 48.1% of all occupations. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 14.8%.
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 Alma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50014/alma/topic/employment