3.8% ▼ -21.8%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 4.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Middleton Beach · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Middleton Beach
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of the working-age population in Middleton Beach are employed full-time, a figure that is well below the national average. This creates a workforce profile where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to most other areas. While employment rates are lower, the local unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 55.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 50.4%.
55.3% ▼ -1.2%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 55.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -9.6%
Lower than 83% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 54.5%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here, employing 21.1% of the workforce, followed by accommodation and food services at 11.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of residents are professionals and 20.6% are managers, while community and personal service roles account for 11% of jobs.
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 Middleton Beach [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50946/middleton-beach/topic/employment