3.6% —
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Benjinup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Benjinup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over half of the workforce in Benjinup is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This heavy reliance on the land is matched by a very active local workforce, where 79.2% of adults are working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Job security is high here, with full-time employment at 73.4%, which is far above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 3.6%, a little below the state and national figures of 5.1%.
79.2% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.2%
- 2021: 79.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
73.4% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 73.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 50.6%, followed by education and training at 13.9% and retail trade at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.7%, while professionals account for 12.7% 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 Benjinup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50109/benjinup/topic/employment