6.3% ▲ +25.6%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 9.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ballajura · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ballajura
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A jobless rate of 6.3% is much higher than most similar areas, making unemployment a key challenge for Ballajura. While more adults here are working or looking for work than in most of the country, the local job market faces more pressure than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.7%, which is a little below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
65.5% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 66.6%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -7.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.1%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13%, followed by retail trade at 10.7% and construction at 9.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.6%, with professionals and clerical workers both accounting for around 13% 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 Ballajura [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50061/ballajura/topic/employment