6.3% ▼ -13.0%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 9.5%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Northam · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Northam
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Northam, where 14.9% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While full-time work is more common here than in most other areas, a smaller proportion of adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Those who are employed are often in full-time roles, though the unemployment rate of 6.3% is much higher than in most similar areas.
52.7% ▼ -4.7%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.3%
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▼ -0.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.6%
- 2016: 62.0%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the biggest employers in Northam are in retail trade at 12.3% and education and training at 9.4%. Public administration and safety (9.3%) and construction (8.0%) also employ a significant slice of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 15.0%, followed closely by labourers at 14.5%. Professionals, community and personal service workers, and clerical and administrative staff each account for 13.0% of the population.
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 Northam [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51157/northam/topic/employment