4.1% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leeming · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leeming
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Leeming than in most similar areas. A high 67% of adults are in the labour force, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This workforce is largely driven by professionals and those in the health and education sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The number of adults working or looking for work is well above the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. While 58.4% of the population are employed full-time, the unemployment rate is 4.1%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
67.0% ▼ -8.0%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.8%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 67.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.4% ▼ -3.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 58.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.5%, followed by education and training at 12.6%. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 10.2% and retail trade at 7.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.9%. Clerical and administrative roles are the next most common at 15.3%, with managers accounting for 13.1% of the 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 Leeming [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50842/leeming/topic/employment