8.5% —
Higher than 87% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 8.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Waterloo · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Waterloo
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
An unemployment rate of 8.5% is well above the national figure in Waterloo. This gap is stark, as the area also has far fewer full-time workers than the state average. The local workforce is largely focused on agriculture and management roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 59.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little below the Australian average. Full-time employment is particularly low at 50.7%, falling well below the Western Australian figure by 9.5 percentage points.
59.7% —
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.4%
- 2021: 59.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.7% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 50.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 31.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.1%, followed by mining and construction, both at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 36.2%. Technicians and trades people account for 15.9% of the workforce, while labourers and community and personal service workers make up 14.5% and 13.0% respectively.
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 Waterloo [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51545/waterloo/topic/employment