5.7% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 5.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lake Argyle · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lake Argyle
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is the dominant way of earning a living in Lake Argyle, with 84.1% of the workforce in permanent roles. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. While most workers have steady jobs, the area has a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. The unemployment rate is 5.7%, about the same as the state and national figures of 5.1%.
54.4% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
84.1% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.3%
- 2021: 84.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in accommodation and food services at 24.4%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 19.5% and mining at 17.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 26.8%. Professionals follow at 15.9%, while managers account for 13.4% of the local workforce.
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 Lake Argyle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50809/lake-argyle/topic/employment