9.7% ▲ +27.1%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 13.2%
- 2021: 9.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high unemployment rate of 9.7% marks the local job market in Leda, which is well above the state and national figures. Despite this, a larger proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. Full-time employment is common here, with 60.3% of the workforce in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.1% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the Australian average. However, the unemployment rate is among the highest for similar areas, sitting 4.6 percentage points higher than both Western Australia and the national rate.
64.1% ▼ -1.1%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 64.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -10.5%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 13.9%. Manufacturing and retail trade follow closely, employing 10.2% and 9.9% of people respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manual and technical roles are prominent, as labourers (16%), technicians and trades (15.6%), and machinery operators and drivers (15.1%) make up the largest groups. Community and personal service workers account for another 13.3% of the population.
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 Leda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50838/leda/topic/employment