0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 9.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Latham · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Latham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Latham compared to the rest of the state. While the typical worker is often in a management role, the area has a remarkably low unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national figures, sitting at 52.4%.
46.7% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 76.7%
- 2021: 46.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% —
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is split evenly between agriculture, forestry and fishing and education and training, with each employing 33.3% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Two-thirds of workers are managers, while 33.3% work as machinery operators and drivers and 23.8% are labourers.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Latham
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Latham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50834/latham/topic/employment