0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Koolyanobbing · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Koolyanobbing
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 22 percentage point gap separates Koolyanobbing from the national average in full-time employment, where 80.4% of the workforce is employed full-time. While far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most areas, those who are employed are almost entirely in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia and Western Australia. However, only 49.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%.
49.5% —
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 64.9%
- 2021: 49.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.4% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 86.4%
- 2021: 80.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry here, employing 67.4% of the workforce. Other services account for 10.9%, while administrative and support roles make up 6.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily skewed toward blue-collar roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 41.3% of jobs. Technicians and trades follow at 32.6%, while labourers account for 13.0%.
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 Koolyanobbing [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50779/koolyanobbing/topic/employment