5.1% ▼ -22.0%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shadforth · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shadforth
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 28% of workers in Shadforth are professionals, making this the most common occupation in the area. While a large portion of the workforce holds high-skill roles, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average at 51.2%, and the unemployment rate is 5.1%, which is higher than in most similar areas.
52.2% ▼ -14.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 51.5%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.2% ▲ +5.5%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.6%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 13.9%, followed by education and training at 10.0% and construction at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 27.4% of the workforce, with managers accounting for another 23.1%. Technicians and tradespeople represent 16.7% of roles, while community and personal service workers make up 10.0%.
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 Shadforth [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51342/shadforth/topic/employment