Shoalwater · Suburb / Locality

Jobs & Industry in Shoalwater

Name: Jobs & Industry in Shoalwater — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Shoalwater compared to most similar areas. While 58.7% of the workforce is in full-time roles, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate of 8.2%. This is well above both the state and national figures of 5.1%.

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📍 Shoalwater, Suburb / Locality

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Only 52.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below Western Australia's 63.9%. This lower participation rate is mirrored by a high unemployment rate of 8.2%, which is 3.1 percentage points higher than the national figure.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.1%. Other significant employers include construction at 10.9%, and both education and public administration at 9.7%.

Industries people work in

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Shoalwater splits fairly evenly between Health care & social assistance (14%) and Construction (11%), with Education & training at 10%.

Health care & social assistance 13.1% Construction 10.9% Education & training 9.7% Public administration & safety 9.7% Retail trade 7.7% Manufacturing 7.0% Mining 6.9% Professional & technical 5.8% Accommodation & food 5.3% Other services 4.2%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals and technicians and trades are the most common roles, making up 18.6% and 18.5% of workers respectively. Community and personal service roles follow at 13.8%, with clerical staff and managers each making up around 11% of the workforce.

Occupations people work in

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Shoalwater splits fairly evenly between Professionals (19%) and Technicians & trades (19%), with Community & personal service at 14%.

Professionals 18.6% Technicians & trades 18.5% Community & personal service 13.8% Clerical & administrative 11.1% Managers 10.8% Labourers 9.7% Sales workers 7.8% Machinery operators & drivers 7.4%

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 Shoalwater [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51348/shoalwater/topic/employment

Shoalwater	8.2%
6169, WA	7.4%
Western Australia	5.1%
Australia	5.1%

Where Shoalwater sits — Unemployment rate