7.3% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 7.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Midland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Midland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Midland, where 16.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While many people here hold full-time roles, the area faces a higher than usual unemployment rate of 7.3%. This means more people are out of work compared to both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A smaller share of adults in Midland are working or looking for work (55.0%) compared to the national figure of 61.1%. This is consistent with a high unemployment rate of 7.3%, which is a little above the Western Australian average of 5.1%.
55.0% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 54.1%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.8% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.2%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the second most common industry at 11.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 7.7%. Manufacturing and construction both employ about 7% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation for 15.6% of workers. This is closely followed by technicians and trades at 15.0% and labourers at 14.6%.
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 Midland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50947/midland/topic/employment