0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gillingarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gillingarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A remarkably high employment rate defines Gillingarra, where almost 85% of adults are working or looking for work. This is far above the national figure, with an exceptionally high proportion of the workforce in full-time roles and an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is very common here at 75.8%, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. This helps explain why 84.6% of adults are active in the labour force, a rate far above the Australian average of 61.1%.
84.6% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 100.0%
- 2021: 84.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
75.8% —
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 75.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
More than half of the local workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing (51.5%). Other significant industries include mining at 12.1%, while wholesale trade, professional services and other services each account for 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 45.5%, followed by clerical and administrative staff at 27.3%. Professionals and labourers each represent 15.2% of the workforce, while no technicians or tradespeople are listed.
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 Gillingarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50545/gillingarra/topic/employment