0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Maranup · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Work patterns in Maranup have shifted over the last decade, though it remains a sparsely populated area with a small workforce. Only 54.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well below both the state and national figures.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time employment is much lower than most areas, sitting at 50% and falling far below the Western Australian average.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
54.2% —
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here at 26.9%, followed by other services at 23.1%. Manufacturing and professional or technical roles each make up 15.4% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 30.8%. Technicians and trades workers and clerical and administrative staff follow, each accounting for 23.1% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Maranup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50897/maranup/topic/employment