3.7% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.9%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wattleup · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wattleup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Wattleup compared to the rest of the state. Only 55.4% of the adult population is active in the labour force, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is a little below the national average at 3.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is lower than most areas at 56.1%, which is well below the state figure. This contributes to the overall low number of adults working or looking for work in the area.
55.4% ▼ -11.4%
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.5%
- 2016: 60.8%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.1% ▼ -0.5%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 52.0%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.1%, followed by transport and warehousing at 10.7% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 8.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is led by technicians and trades at 25.9%, while machinery operators and drivers make up 14.6% of roles. Other common jobs include community and personal service workers at 11.7%.
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 Wattleup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51550/wattleup/topic/employment