4.5% ▲ +107.8%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 6.6%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Myalup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Myalup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in Myalup than in most similar areas, with 64% of the workforce in these roles. While the local job market is dominated by primary industries, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures, though higher than most similar areas.
58.9% ▲ +5.7%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▲ +5.9%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.4%
- 2016: 65.3%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer here, accounting for 37.7% of jobs. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 9.1%, followed by mining and retail trade at 8.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 37.7%. Managers are also common at 17.1%, while technicians and trades people account for 11.4% of the local 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 Myalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51067/myalup/topic/employment