3.8% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mullaloo · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mullaloo than in most similar areas. This active workforce is a key feature of the suburb, where 70.4% of adults are in the labour force. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 70.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is 3.8%, slightly lower than the state and national figures of 5.1%.
3.8% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
70.4% ▼ -1.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▼ -1.9%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction being the most common industry at 14.8%. Health care and social assistance (12.8%) and education and training (11.2%) also employ significant numbers of residents.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 25.6% of workers. Other notable groups include technicians and trades at 16.4% and managers at 13.9%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Mullaloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51047/mullaloo/topic/employment