3.2% ▲ +11.7%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 3.1%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Robinson · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Robinson
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly one in five workers in Robinson are managers, making this the most common occupation in the area. The local workforce is mostly steady, with an unemployment rate of 3.2% that is a little below the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 61.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the national figure. Full-time employment sits at 57.5%, a little below the Western Australian average of 60.2%.
61.1% ▼ -8.6%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 61.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▲ +4.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.8%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 57.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is led by construction at 14.4%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.2% and retail trade at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Manager roles are the most common at 18.9%, while technicians and trades workers make up 15.6% of the workforce. Professionals account for 13.5% of jobs.
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 Robinson [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51300/robinson/topic/employment