2.9% ▲ +27.9%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Karratha Industrial Estate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Karratha Industrial Estate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the biggest employer in Karratha Industrial Estate, where over a quarter of the workforce is employed in that sector. This is a high-employment area where 65% of adults are working or looking for work, with a very high proportion of those in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far above the national figure, reaching 76.8%. The unemployment rate is 2.9%, which is a little below the 5.1% recorded for both Western Australia and Australia.
65.0% ▼ -22.6%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 84.0%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.8% ▼ -13.1%
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 88.5%
- 2016: 75.7%
- 2021: 76.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
People here mostly work in construction (26.3%) and accommodation and food services (23.2%). Other common industries include transport and warehousing at 9.5%, and mining at 8.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by blue-collar roles, with technicians and trades making up 30.5% of jobs. Labourers and machinery operators also make up a large share at 15.8% and 14.7% respectively.
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 Karratha Industrial Estate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50738/karratha-industrial-estate/topic/employment