5.1% ▲ +32.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dardanup West · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dardanup West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Dardanup West than in most similar areas. While 69.4% of adults are in the labour force, a smaller proportion hold full-time roles compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 69.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 55.3% is well below the Western Australian average of 60.2%, and the unemployment rate is 5.1%.
69.4% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.1%
- 2016: 69.4%
- 2021: 69.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.3% ▼ -7.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is split across several sectors, with construction and health care and social assistance as the most common industries, each at 10.5%. Retail trade follows at 8.9%, with manufacturing and education also providing significant employment.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 17.1%. Managers, professionals, and clerical staff also hold significant shares of the local jobs, while labourers account for 11.6% of occupations.
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 Dardanup West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50387/dardanup-west/topic/employment