4.7% ▲ +100.0%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.3%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Newdegate · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Newdegate
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 67.7% of adults in Newdegate are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure. This high level of activity supports a local economy where nearly half of all jobs are in the primary production sector.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most areas, the proportion of people employed full-time is 58.8%, sitting just below the Western Australian figure.
67.7% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.3%
- 2016: 67.2%
- 2021: 67.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.8% ▼ -12.5%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.3%
- 2016: 72.5%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 45.9% of the workforce. Other key sectors include wholesale trade at 8.2% and manufacturing at 7.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers and labourers, who each make up 23.5% of occupations. Machinery operators and drivers also represent a significant share at 14.1%.
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 Newdegate [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51109/newdegate/topic/employment