4.6% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Donnybrook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Donnybrook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Donnybrook than in most similar areas. While the typical employment pattern reflects a mix of health and mining, only 53.6% of adults are in the labour force.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is 53.6%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
53.6% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.8%
- 2016: 52.8%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▲ +1.4%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers in Donnybrook are health care and social assistance at 11.6%, followed by mining at 10.3% and retail trade at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.7%, closely followed by labourers at 16.4% and machinery operators and drivers at 12.9%.
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 Donnybrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50419/donnybrook/topic/employment