3.1% ▲ +27.6%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gracetown · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Gracetown
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A slightly higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Gracetown compared to the national figure. While 63.7% of adults are in the workforce, the proportion of people in full-time roles is a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 56.5%, which is well below the Western Australian figure. However, the unemployment rate is 3.1%, a little below both the state and national rates of 5.1%.
63.7% ▼ -5.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.1%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 63.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▲ +15.3%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 49.0%
- 2016: 46.5%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Work in Gracetown is spread across several sectors, with construction and education and training both accounting for 14.5% of jobs. Accommodation and food services follow at 12.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 31.5%, while managers make up 16.1% of the local workforce. Technicians and trades workers account for 13.7%.
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 Gracetown [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50575/gracetown/topic/employment