3.9% ▼ -6.4%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
McKail · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in McKail
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people are working or looking for work in McKail than in most other similar areas. With 66.9% of adults in the labour force, this is well above the national figure of 61.1%. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 3.9%, which is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Most residents have steady work, with 58.8% employed full-time. This is about the same as the national figure and just a little below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
66.9% ▼ -3.7%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.5%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 66.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common industry at 15.6%. Retail trade follows at 13.3%, while construction accounts for 10.2% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers and technicians and trades are the most common roles, each making up 17.1% of the workforce. Labourers account for another 15.1% of occupations in the area.
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 McKail [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50920/mckail/topic/employment