3.4% ▲ +6.6%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Parkerville · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Parkerville
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much higher rates of employment than most similar areas define Parkerville, where 70.1% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above the figures for both Western Australia and the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with a rate well above the national figure. This is paired with a low unemployment rate of 3.4%, which is a little below both the state and national levels.
70.1% ▼ -1.5%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.2%
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 70.1%
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: 60.0%
- 2021: 58.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest groups working in construction at 11.0%, education and training at 10.5%, and health care and social assistance at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.6%, followed by technicians and trades at 16.5%. Managers and clerical workers both account for 14.1% of the 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 Parkerville [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51205/parkerville/topic/employment