2.5% ▲ +13.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 2.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carmel · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Carmel
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Carmel than in most other areas, with only 57.5% in the labour force. Despite this, those who are employed often have stable roles, as 61.1% work full-time. This is slightly higher than the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 2.5%, which is a little below the state and national figure of 5.1%. However, the overall share of adults working or looking for work is well below Western Australia's 63.9%.
57.5% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.1% ▲ +3.1%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 12.7%, followed by education and training at 10.4%. Other common industries include construction, agriculture, and manufacturing.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.9%, followed by managers at 18.4% and technicians and tradespeople at 17.0%.
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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50265/carmel/topic/employment