3.7% ▲ +6.9%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lesmurdie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lesmurdie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional and technical roles dominate the daily work life of Lesmurdie, where a quarter of workers are professionals. The area maintains a stable employment landscape, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% that is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 56.5%, which is well below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
62.2% ▼ -1.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 62.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.5% ▼ -6.9%
Lower than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 56.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are education and training at 13.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 11.1% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Work types are led by professionals at 24.4% and technicians and trades at 16.1%. Clerical and administrative roles make up 13.7% of the workforce, while managers account for 13.4%.
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 Lesmurdie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50849/lesmurdie/topic/employment