1.5% ▼ -59.2%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.7%
- 2021: 1.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quindalup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Quindalup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people work full-time in Quindalup compared to the rest of the state. While about 60% of adults are working or looking for work, only 47.2% have full-time roles, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is very low at just 1.5%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate of 1.5% is lower than most areas and well below the 5.1% seen across Australia. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 60.1%, which is well below the state average.
60.1% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.5%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 60.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.2% ▼ -8.1%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.3%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 47.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 13.7%, followed by accommodation and food services at 12.2%. Mining and retail trade each account for 8.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.1%, followed closely by managers at 16.9% and technicians and tradespeople at 16.7%.
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 Quindalup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51275/quindalup/topic/employment