4.6% ▼ -20.3%
Higher than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 9.6%
- 2021: 4.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kendenup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kendenup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kendenup compared to the rest of the country. Only 46.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This reflects a local economy where a small number of residents hold the majority of the jobs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is far below the Western Australian figure, and full-time employment at 52.8% is well below the national average. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.6%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
46.9% ▼ -13.8%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.3%
- 2016: 49.3%
- 2021: 46.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -3.7%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 52.8%
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 26.4% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance follows at 11.1%, while education and training accounts for 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 20.1%, followed closely by labourers at 19.1%. Machinery operators and drivers account for 11.3%, with professionals and technicians and trades each making up 11.1%.
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 Kendenup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50749/kendenup/topic/employment