1.9% ▼ -36.9%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.1%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 1.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Hedland · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Hedland
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A huge 14 percentage point gap separates Port Hedland from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. The local job market is exceptionally strong, with 74.9% of adults employed or seeking work. This high level of activity is matched by an unemployment rate of just 1.9%, which is well below the national figure of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 74.8% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is far above the 60.2% seen across Western Australia.
74.9% ▲ +9.9%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.2%
- 2016: 74.1%
- 2021: 74.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
74.8% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 92% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 79.9%
- 2016: 75.9%
- 2021: 74.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry for 27.1% of workers, followed by transport and warehousing at 12.4%. Health care and social assistance also employ a significant 10.2% of the population.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a technician or tradesperson. Other common roles include professionals at 17.7% and managers at 14.4%.
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 Port Hedland [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51259/port-hedland/topic/employment