5.8% ▼ -13.8%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 10.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Silver Sands · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Silver Sands
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Technicians and trades workers make up the biggest employment group in Silver Sands. This area has a smaller proportion of people working or looking for work than most other places, with only 53.6% of adults in the workforce.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.6% of residents are employed full-time, which is well below the Western Australia figure of 60.2%. The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
53.6% ▼ -1.5%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.6% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers here are health care and social assistance at 12.4%, followed by construction at 11.3% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the high number of technicians and trades, 18.5% of the workforce are professionals and 12.7% work in community and personal service.
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 Silver Sands [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51351/silver-sands/topic/employment