3.1% ▼ -62.4%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Meckering · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Meckering
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are working or looking for work in Meckering compared to most similar areas. Only 50.5% of adults are in the labour force, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. This creates a smaller working population for the town.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure, with only 51.6% of residents employed full-time. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.1%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
50.5% ▼ -25.3%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 50.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.6% ▼ -24.0%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 51.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry for 21.5% of workers, followed by education and training at 14.0% and mining at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Machinery operators and drivers make up the largest group of workers at 23.7%, while managers account for 16.1% and labourers 15.1%.
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 Meckering [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50923/meckering/topic/employment