4.1% ▲ +109.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Jerramungup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Jerramungup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is very common in Jerramungup, with 66.5% of the workforce in these roles. This is well above the national figure of 58.9%. Most people here work in the primary industries or in supporting services like education and transport.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Australian average. The unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is about the same as both the state and national figures.
63.5% ▼ -23.3%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 82.8%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 63.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.5% ▼ -13.9%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.2%
- 2016: 67.0%
- 2021: 66.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 35.4% of the workforce. Other common industries include education and training at 12.7% and transport and warehousing at 11.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Many locals hold leadership roles, with managers making up 24.1% of occupations. This is followed by machinery operators and drivers at 17.1% and labourers at 16.5%.
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 Jerramungup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50692/jerramungup/topic/employment