5.6% ▲ +190.3%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 5.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Upper Capel · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Upper Capel
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A little more than 64% of adults are working or looking for work in Upper Capel, which is a little above the national figure. While full-time employment is higher than in most areas, the local unemployment rate of 5.6% is much higher than in similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is common here, with 61.5% of the workforce employed full-time. This is a little above the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
64.0% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.1%
- 2016: 61.2%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.5% ▲ +1.7%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 61.1%
- 2021: 61.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer at 18.7%, followed by construction at 13.2% and health care and social assistance at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, while 16.5% of residents work as technicians or tradespeople.
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 Upper Capel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51480/upper-capel/topic/employment