4.6% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kalamunda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kalamunda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen a changing job market in Kalamunda over the last decade. While many residents work in health and education, the area has a lower proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment sits at 56.9%, a little below the national figure, while the unemployment rate is 4.6%.
57.8% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.0%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 57.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -3.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 57.2%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 12.9%, followed closely by education and training at 12.4%. Construction, professional services, and retail trade also employ significant numbers of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 26.0%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.4% and managers at 15.1%.
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 Kalamunda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50707/kalamunda/topic/employment