0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Quindanning · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture continues to drive the local economy in Quindanning, where more than half of all workers are in farming and fishing. While the area has a very low rate of people looking for work, a much smaller proportion of adults are employed compared to the rest of the state.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australia figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas at 47.6%, though the unemployment rate is well below the national figure at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
51.2% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.6% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in a single sector, with 57.1% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. No residents are employed in mining, manufacturing, or construction.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 38.1%, followed by technicians and trades at 19.0%. Machinery operators and drivers and labourers each account for 14.3% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Quindanning [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51276/quindanning/topic/employment