3.4% ▲ +2.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Attadale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Attadale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Attadale than in most similar areas. This active workforce is underpinned by a low unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.4% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Australian average of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 57.4%, which is a little below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
64.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.3%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 64.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.2%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employer in the area is health care and social assistance, involving 14.1% of the workforce. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 11.2% and education and training at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 32.6%, followed by managers at 19.5%. Clerical and administrative positions make up 14.3% 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 Attadale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50035/attadale/topic/employment