0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eagle Bay · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Eagle Bay
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Eagle Bay compared to the rest of the country. While the unemployment rate is a tiny 0.0%, only 40.0% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This creates a workforce that is small but almost fully employed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 28.6% of people are employed full-time, a figure far below the Western Australian average of 60.2%. This is consistent with the overall low rate of adults working or looking for work in the area.
40.0% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 40.9%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 40.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
28.6% ▼ -50.5%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.8%
- 2016: 32.0%
- 2021: 28.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in service roles, with 23.8% working in retail trade and 19.0% in accommodation and food services. Manufacturing, health care, and arts and recreation each make up 9.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large majority of workers hold high-level roles, with 40.5% as managers and 33.3% as professionals. Community and personal service workers and clerical staff each account for 7.1% 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 Eagle Bay [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50447/eagle-bay/topic/employment