0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Perup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Perup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Perup than in most similar areas. While 73.2% of adults are in the labour force, full-time employment is lower than the national figure at 56.4%. The area currently has a 0.0% unemployment rate, which is well below the figures for Western Australia and Australia.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 73.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 56.4% is well below the Western Australian rate of 60.2%.
73.2% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.5%
- 2021: 73.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% —
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 68.5%
- 2021: 56.4%
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 45.7% of the workforce. Other common sectors include education, training, health care and social assistance, each accounting for 8.5% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a third of the workforce at 33%, the most common occupation in the area. Professionals follow at 14.9%, while clerical and administrative roles account for 12.8%.
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 Perup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51232/perup/topic/employment