0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Walsall · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Walsall
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture and farming lead the way in Walsall, where over a third of workers are employed in this sector. While the area has an impressively low unemployment rate of 0%, far fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is much lower than most areas and far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment is also far below the national figure at 48.3%, though the unemployment rate is a very low 0%.
44.6% —
Lower than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 75.3%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% —
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 53.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is heavily concentrated in Agriculture, forestry and fishing at 34.5%. Other significant sectors include Transport and warehousing at 17.2%, followed by Construction, Accommodation and food, and Health care and social assistance, each at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and Labourers are the most common roles, each making up 31.0% of occupations. Sales workers account for 20.7%, while Professionals and Machinery operators and drivers each make up 13.8% of the workforce.
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 Walsall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51511/walsall/topic/employment