4.2% ▼ -11.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.8%
- 2016: 11.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Bejoording · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Bejoording
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest industry for the 21.7% of workers in Bejoording. This reflects a local workforce that is smaller than in most other areas, with fewer people working or looking for work compared to state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 52.2%, while the unemployment rate is 4.2%, about the same as the national figure.
57.3% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for residents include agriculture, forestry and fishing at 21.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 15.9% and other services at 11.6%. Construction and mining also employ 10.1% and 7.2% of the workforce respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers are the most common workers at 18.8%. Managers and technicians and trades each make up 17.4% of the workforce, while professionals and community and personal service workers both stand at 11.6%.
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 Bejoording [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50101/bejoording/topic/employment