1.9% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lange · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lange
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 45.3% of adults in Lange are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While this is much lower than most similar areas, those who are employed enjoy a very low unemployment rate of 1.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment stands at 56.5%, which is well below the Western Australian rate of 60.2%.
45.3% ▼ -16.0%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.9%
- 2016: 44.7%
- 2021: 45.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -16.1%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 18.4%. Other notable employers include retail trade and accommodation and food, each accounting for 9.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.4%. Technicians and trades follow at 16.3%, with labourers representing 13.6% 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 Lange [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50832/lange/topic/employment