8.1% ▲ +12.7%
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.2%
- 2016: 11.7%
- 2021: 8.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Pinjarra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Pinjarra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Much fewer adults are working or looking for work in Pinjarra compared to most similar areas. The town faces a tough job market, with an unemployment rate of 8.1% that is well above the state and national figures of 5.1%. This is a community where fewer people are in the workforce and full-time roles are less common.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the 63.9% seen across Western Australia. Full-time employment is also less common at 54.7%, a figure well below the national average.
49.3% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 48.6%
- 2021: 49.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.7% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with manufacturing leading at 12.0%, followed closely by mining at 11.7% and health care and social assistance at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is heavily skewed towards hands-on roles, as technicians and trades make up 20.0% of jobs, with machinery operators and drivers at 16.3% and labourers at 14.0%.
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 Pinjarra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51247/pinjarra/topic/employment