9.1% ▲ +9.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.3%
- 2016: 14.1%
- 2021: 9.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mirrabooka · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mirrabooka
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 Mirrabooka than in most similar areas. The local unemployment rate is 9.1%, which is well above both the state and national figures of 5.1%. This highlights a significant gap in employment compared to the rest of Western Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below Western Australia's 63.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 54.1%.
53.8% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.9%
- 2016: 54.3%
- 2021: 54.1%
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 for local workers at 14.3%, followed by retail trade at 11.0% and manufacturing at 10.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%, with community and personal service workers following at 16.2%.
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 Mirrabooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50970/mirrabooka/topic/employment