0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Arrowsmith East · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Arrowsmith East
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 26 percentage point gap separates the full-time employment rate in Arrowsmith East from the Western Australian average. This sparsely populated area sees almost all its working adults employed, with a striking 86.1% working full-time. It is a highly active workforce where unemployment has completely vanished.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 79.6% of adults doing so, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 0.0%, placing it well below both the state and national figures of 5.1%.
79.6% ▼ -3.9%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.8%
- 2016: 85.7%
- 2021: 79.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
86.1% ▲ +23.0%
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.0%
- 2016: 66.7%
- 2021: 86.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing dominate the local economy, employing 94.4% of the workforce. Education and training accounts for another 13.9% of roles.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Most workers here are managers, making up 69.4% of occupations. Clerical and administrative roles follow at 22.2%, while professionals, community service workers, and labourers each make up 8.3%.
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 Arrowsmith East [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50029/arrowsmith-east/topic/employment