3.5% ▼ -42.0%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Corrigin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Corrigin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of full-time workers than the national average defines the workforce in Corrigin. While fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, those who are employed tend to have stable, full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is high at 63.9%, which is well above the 58.9% national figure. However, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 57.4%, well below both the state and national rates. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, a little below the 5.1% seen across Australia.
57.4% ▼ -9.0%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.9% ▲ +3.6%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here, employing 21.7% of the workforce. Other common sectors include wholesale trade at 10.5%, followed by retail, transport, and public administration, which each employ 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 23.8%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.8%, labourers at 13.9%, and clerical or administrative staff at 11.7%.
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 Corrigin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50340/corrigin/topic/employment