9.2% ▲ +36.2%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 9.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Redmond · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Redmond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce has seen unemployment in Redmond rise to 9.2%, which is now well above the national figure. While 62.4% of adults are working or looking for work, the area struggles with a much higher jobless rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is low at 52.7%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. This helps explain why the unemployment rate of 9.2% is so much higher than the state and national average of 5.1%.
62.4% ▼ -14.4%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 73.0%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.7% ▼ -19.7%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Redmond, making up 29.7% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follows at 12.1%, with accommodation and food services at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a very large portion of the local workforce at 42.9%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 15.4% and sales workers at 9.9%.
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 Redmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51289/redmond/topic/employment