3.8% ▼ -5.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.1%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Jandakot · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Jandakot
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Jandakot than in most other similar areas. This workforce is active and stable, with an unemployment rate of 3.8% which is a little below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 68.4% of the population, which is well above the Western Australian (63.9%) and Australian (61.1%) figures. About 58.5% of people are employed full-time, a little below the state figure of 60.2%.
68.4% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 63.8%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.5% ▼ -5.0%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 58.5%
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 14.2%, followed by education and training at 11.6%. Other common industries include retail trade (8.5%), construction (8.2%) and professional and technical services (7.0%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.0%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff (15.2%), managers (13.8%), and technicians and tradespeople (13.3%).
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 Jandakot [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50682/jandakot/topic/employment