6.0% ▲ +77.2%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 6.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Noranda · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Noranda
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 6.0% unemployment rate marks Noranda as having a much higher level of joblessness than most similar areas. While about 61% of adults are working or looking for work, this is slightly lower than the Western Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 58.7% of the workforce are employed full-time, which is a little below the state average. This mirrors a general trend where the local share of adults working or looking for work is slightly lower than in Western Australia.
61.0% ▼ -5.9%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 60.6%
- 2021: 61.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.7% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 58.7%
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 12.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.8% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 21.9%. This is followed by clerical and administrative roles at 15.5% and technicians and trades at 15.1%.
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 Noranda [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51124/noranda/topic/employment