4.1% ▲ —
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 4.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Piesse Brook · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Piesse Brook
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 60% of adults are working or looking for work in Piesse Brook, which is lower than the national figure. The area has a diverse professional workforce, but full-time employment is less common here than in most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also less common, at 56.4%, which is well below the state average.
58.8% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 45.6%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -10.0%
Lower than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 57.3%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across various sectors, with the largest shares in mining at 11.7%, followed by professional and technical services and education at 10.6% each.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 30.9% of jobs, while managers account for 19.1% of the local 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 Piesse Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51240/piesse-brook/topic/employment