2.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 2.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kealy · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kealy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Kealy than in most similar areas. This active workforce is backed by a very low unemployment rate of 2.4%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 74.5% of adults are in the workforce, a figure far above the national average. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, which is about the same as the Australian total.
74.5% —
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.8%
- 2021: 74.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the most common being accommodation and food services at 12.2%, followed closely by retail trade at 11.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 18.7%, while labourers account for 14.7% of jobs in the area.
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 Kealy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50745/kealy/topic/employment