3.3% ▲ +83.2%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 3.8%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Moonyoonooka · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Moonyoonooka
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing are the biggest employers in Moonyoonooka, where 21.5% of the workforce is found in these fields. This rural area has a small workforce, with only about half of the adults working or looking for work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 54.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and the rest of the country. Of those who are employed, 59.5% work full-time, and the unemployment rate is 3.3%, a little below the state and national figures.
54.4% ▼ -19.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.9%
- 2016: 65.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▲ +6.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 58.1%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 21.5%. Other common industries include retail trade at 9.9%, followed by transport, warehousing, and health care and social assistance, each at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation here at 23.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 19.8% and professionals at 14.9%. Community and personal service workers and clerical and administrative staff each make up 9.9% of the workforce.
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 Moonyoonooka [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50987/moonyoonooka/topic/employment