4.0% ▲ +43.7%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.8%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
West Lamington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in West Lamington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much larger share of adults are working or looking for work in West Lamington than in most other similar areas. Full-time employment is especially strong here, with 71.9% of the workforce in full-time roles. This is far above the national figure of 58.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common for 71.5% of adults, which is well above the Western Australian rate of 63.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.0%, which is a little below both the state and national figures of 5.1%.
71.5% ▼ -0.2%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.6%
- 2016: 72.6%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.9% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 77.1%
- 2016: 70.0%
- 2021: 71.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining is the dominant industry in the area, employing 29.3% of the workforce. Other common sectors include health care and social assistance at 8.3%, and retail trade at 6.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and tradespeople make up the largest group at 22.8%, followed by professionals at 16.9% and machinery operators and drivers at 16.2%.
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 West Lamington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51577/west-lamington/topic/employment