1.5% ▼ -51.3%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.2%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ambergate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ambergate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A very high rate of people working or looking for work defines the local economy in Ambergate. While 74.4% of adults are active in the workforce, a much lower proportion than usual are in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is very low at 1.5%, which is well below the 5.1% seen across Western Australia and the nation. However, full-time employment sits at 51.4%, well below the national figure of 58.9%.
74.4% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.6%
- 2016: 72.9%
- 2021: 74.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 56.2%
- 2021: 51.4%
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 11.4%, followed by retail trade at 9.2% and mining at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly one in five people work as technicians and tradespeople (19.7%), while managers make up 18.4% 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 Ambergate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50016/ambergate/topic/employment