8.6% —
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Korrelocking · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Korrelocking
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Korrelocking compared to the rest of the country. While 70% of adults are in the workforce, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 8.6%, which is well above the 5.1% seen across Australia and Western Australia. Around 58.3% of the population are employed full-time, a figure slightly below the state average.
70.0% —
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% —
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 40.0%
- 2021: 58.3%
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 69.4% of the workforce. Other roles are split evenly between public administration, education, and healthcare, each at 8.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of workers are managers, accounting for 52.8% of all jobs. Clerical and administrative roles make up 16.7%, while machinery operators and drivers follow at 13.9%.
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 Korrelocking [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50786/korrelocking/topic/employment