3.6% ▼ -52.9%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quairading · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quairading
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A small fraction of adults are working or looking for work in Quairading, but those who do are overwhelmingly in full-time roles. While only 30.9% of adults are in the labour force, the area has a strong core of full-time employment that sits well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher here than in most similar areas, reaching 65.4%. This is well above the 60.2% seen across Western Australia, while the unemployment rate is 3.6%, which is a little below the state and national figures.
30.9% ▼ -30.0%
Lower than 98% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.2%
- 2016: 39.1%
- 2021: 30.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.4% ▲ +26.2%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.8%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 22%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.8%. Other common industries include education and training, and public administration and safety.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in four workers is a manager, making it the most common job role at 25.8%. Labourers make up 18.2% of the workforce, with community and personal service workers accounting for 12.6%.
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 Quairading [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51268/quairading/topic/employment