3.4% ▼ -30.6%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Boyanup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Boyanup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce is evident in Boyanup, where full-time employment has fallen well below the national figure. While 61.6% of adults are working or looking for work, only 52.8% are in full-time roles, a figure much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below the 5.1% seen across both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
61.6% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 66.1%
- 2021: 61.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -12.4%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 52.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers are in health care and social assistance (11.2%) and education and training (10.4%), followed by manufacturing at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.5%, while 14.6% of people work as labourers.
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 Boyanup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50169/boyanup/topic/employment