6.2% ▼ -35.9%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.7%
- 2016: 14.9%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Midvale · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Midvale
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much higher share of full-time workers than most areas defines the job market in Midvale. While 63.6% of the workforce is employed full-time, the area also faces a higher unemployment rate than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 59.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. The unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is a little above both the state and national rates of 5.1%.
59.5% ▲ +13.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 51.7%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
63.6% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is most active in health care and social assistance (15.4%) and retail trade (10.3%). Other common industries include accommodation and food services at 8.7%, and transport and warehousing at 8.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.7%. This is followed by community and personal service workers (13.7%), labourers (12.9%), and machinery operators and drivers (12.5%).
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 Midvale [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50948/midvale/topic/employment