1.1% ▲ +54.9%
Lower than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.7%
- 2016: 1.4%
- 2021: 1.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Leinster · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Leinster
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people have been in the workforce in Leinster since 2011, with a very high 76% of residents now employed full-time. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%. The area is defined by a powerful mining presence and a job market with very little unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, and the unemployment rate of 1.1% is well below the 5.1% seen across Australia. About 63.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is slightly above the national figure.
63.3% ▼ -17.5%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 76.7%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
76.0% ▼ -9.2%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 83.7%
- 2016: 81.2%
- 2021: 76.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for the community, employing 43.3% of the workforce. Other major employers include manufacturing at 17.5% and administrative and support services at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily weighted toward technical roles, with machinery operators and drivers making up 30.7% of jobs. Technicians and trades follow at 22.5%, while labourers account for 13.5% of occupations.
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 Leinster [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50844/leinster/topic/employment