6.6% ▲ +13.6%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dawesville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dawesville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are without work in Dawesville than in most similar areas, with an unemployment rate of 6.6%. This is a little above the 5.1% seen across Western Australia and the rest of the country. Fewer adults here are working or looking for work compared to state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also low at 54.0%, falling well below the national average of 58.9%.
54.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.0% ▼ -2.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.1%
- 2016: 56.9%
- 2021: 54.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the most common industry for local workers at 14.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.7% and construction at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 20.6%. Professionals follow at 13.8%, while community and personal service workers account for 12.7% of the 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 Dawesville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50396/dawesville/topic/employment