0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Spencers Brook · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Zero per cent unemployment defines the local job market in Spencers Brook. While the number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure, those who are employed are more likely to have full-time roles than people across most of Australia.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A small proportion of adults here are working or looking for work, at 57.3%, which is well below the Western Australian figure. However, the unemployment rate is 0.0%, and full-time employment is higher than most areas at 62.8%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
57.3% —
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.8% —
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 20.9%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.3%. Education and training employs 14.0% of the workforce, while manufacturing accounts for 11.6%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and professionals are the most common roles, each making up 20.9% of occupations. Technicians, trades, and labourers each account for 11.6% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Spencers Brook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51398/spencers-brook/topic/employment