8.9% ▲ +40.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 12.0%
- 2021: 8.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gosnells · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gosnells
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher unemployment rate than most similar areas defines the job market in Gosnells. While 60.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.9%, which is well above the 5.1% figures for both Western Australia and Australia. This is consistent with only 56.0% of adults working or looking for work, a figure well below the national average.
56.0% ▼ -2.7%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.6% ▼ -6.5%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 60.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13.1%, followed by retail trade at 10.8% and construction at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up 17.7% of the local workforce, with labourers (15.4%) and machinery operators and drivers (14.5%) also common.
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 Gosnells [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50574/gosnells/topic/employment