0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karalundi · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher full-time employment rates than most similar areas define the workforce in Karalundi. While fewer adults are active in the labour market compared to state figures, those who are working are overwhelmingly in full-time roles.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A striking 70.8% of the population are employed full-time, which is far above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. This comes despite only 57.1% of adults working or looking for work, a rate well below the national figure. Notably, the unemployment rate is 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
57.1% —
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.8% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The vast majority of people here work in education and training, which accounts for 95.8% of all jobs in the area.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Jobs are spread across several fields, with community and personal service roles being the most common at 41.7%. Professionals make up 25.0% of the workforce, followed by labourers at 16.7%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Karalundi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50723/karalundi/topic/employment