1.6% ▼ -29.4%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 1.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Darkan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Darkan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over half of all workers in Darkan are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This reflects a strong reliance on the land, with a very low unemployment rate of just 1.6% across the area.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than in most areas, reaching 64.3%. While 60.1% of adults are working or looking for work, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%.
60.1% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 65.1%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.3% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 64.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry at 51.1%. Other common employers include education and training at 8.8%, and health care and social assistance at 7.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 44.5%. Professionals follow at 12.6%, while technicians and trades account for 11.5% of the local workforce.
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 Darkan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50388/darkan/topic/employment