0.0% → —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 0.0%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wannamal · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wannamal
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A zero per cent unemployment rate defines the current job market in Wannamal. This area sees a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work, with 74.5% of the population active in the labour force. It is a specialised local economy where more than 60% of the workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is far more common here than in the rest of Australia, where the figure is 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 60.3%, which is about the same as the Western Australian figure.
74.5% ▲ +18.6%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.8%
- 2016: 70.9%
- 2021: 74.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.3% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 71.4%
- 2021: 60.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is dominated by agriculture, forestry and fishing, which employ 61.5% of residents. Other roles are found in transport and warehousing (7.7%) and accommodation and food (5.1%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workforce are managers, accounting for 53.8% of jobs. Labourers make up another 20.5%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 9.0%.
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 Wannamal [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51524/wannamal/topic/employment