8.5% ▼ -19.9%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Nulsen · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Nulsen
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Nulsen compared to the rest of the country. Only 46.1% of adults are in the workforce, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This gap is paired with a high unemployment rate of 8.5%, well above the 5.1% seen across Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is lower than most areas, with 55.4% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is well below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
46.1% ▼ -16.2%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.0%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 46.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.8%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry for locals at 14.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.2%. Other notable sectors include transport and warehousing at 10.2% and accommodation and food at 9.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.5%. Technicians and trades follow at 15.5%, with machinery operators and drivers accounting for 14.1% of occupations.
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 Nulsen [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51167/nulsen/topic/employment