4.8% ▲ +26.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Shelley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Shelley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A little more than 62% of adults are working or looking for work in Shelley, which is slightly above the national figure. The area has a strong concentration of professional workers, though the unemployment rate of 4.8% is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.9% of adults are in the workforce, which is nearly the same as the Western Australian average. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, slightly below the state figure of 60.2%.
62.9% ▼ -3.4%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.2%
- 2016: 62.4%
- 2021: 62.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 56.3%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.0%, followed by education and training at 12.3% and professional and technical services at 9.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.3%. Managers account for 15.3% of the workforce, while clerical and administrative roles make up 12.8%.
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 Shelley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51345/shelley/topic/employment