4.0% ▲ +17.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wandi · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wandi
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Wandi, where 15.4% of people are employed in this sector. The area has a very high employment rate, with 78.9% of adults working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A large majority of the workforce is employed full-time at 62.4%, a figure well above the Australian average. Unemployment sits at 4.0%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
78.9% ▲ +12.0%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 74.5%
- 2021: 78.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.4% ▲ +2.3%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 68.8%
- 2021: 62.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, construction is the next biggest employer at 9.8%, followed by education and training at 9.2% and retail trade at 8.8%. Mining also accounts for 7.7% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for residents at 23.5%. Other significant groups include technicians and trades at 17.0% and clerical or administrative workers at 15.9%.
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 Wandi [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51519/wandi/topic/employment