5.3% ▲ +52.6%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Dumberning · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Dumberning
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Dumberning compared to the rest of the state. Only 54.3% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the Western Australian figure. The area also has a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is lower than most areas at 56.4%, which is well below the state average. The unemployment rate sits at 5.3%, roughly the same as the national figure.
54.3% ▲ +1.1%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry for workers here at 28.7%. Other significant sectors include education and training at 12.8%, and retail trade and health care, both at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large portion of the local workforce at 38.3%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 14.9%, followed by professionals at 13.8%.
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 Dumberning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50436/dumberning/topic/employment