0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Lumeah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Lumeah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher employment levels than most similar areas define Lumeah, where 70.8% of adults are working or looking for work. The local workforce is dominated by the primary sector, with nearly three quarters of residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The area has an unemployment rate of 0.0%, which is well below the Western Australia and national figures of 5.1%. Full-time employment is also high at 66.7%, well above the state average.
70.8% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.5%
- 2016: 78.2%
- 2021: 70.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
66.7% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 66.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the primary industry here, employing 74.5% of the workforce. Other smaller sectors include education and training at 7.8%, and retail trade and professional services at 5.9% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 41.2%, followed by labourers at 17.6% and professionals at 15.7%. Sales workers account for 9.8% of the local 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 Lumeah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50868/lumeah/topic/employment