3.4% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Crooked Brook · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Crooked Brook sits right in the middle of the pack compared to similar areas for its employment profile. Most of the local workforce is employed full-time, and the unemployment rate of 3.4% is a little below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. Full-time employment stands at 58.9%, slightly below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
3.4% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
62.9% —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.9% —
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 12.1%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.3% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 22.7%, followed closely by managers at 22.0% and technicians and trades at 17.0%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Crooked Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50354/crooked-brook/topic/employment