3.9% ▲ +10.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wembley · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wembley
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles are the most common way to earn a living in Wembley, where 37.6% of workers are professionals. The area has a very high rate of people working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country. This creates a productive local workforce with a low unemployment rate of 3.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work here than the national figure, at 71.1%. While unemployment is a little below the state and national figures, full-time employment is well below Western Australia at 56.9%.
71.1% ▲ +3.0%
Higher than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.1%
- 2016: 68.3%
- 2021: 71.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.1%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer for locals at 19.2%. Other major industries include professional and technical services at 12.8%, and education and training at 9.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Beyond the large number of professionals, 14.3% of the workforce are managers. The remaining jobs are split between community and personal service workers (11.0%), clerical and administrative staff (10.0%), and labourers (8.7%).
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 Wembley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51564/wembley/topic/employment