5.3% ▼ -16.8%
Higher than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 5.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wickepin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Wickepin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Roughly one in three workers in Wickepin are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This farming focus shapes the local economy, though the typical adult is less likely to be working or looking for work than those in the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 58.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment stands at 57.5%, while the unemployment rate of 5.3% is higher than most similar areas.
58.8% ▲ +13.9%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.6%
- 2016: 66.3%
- 2021: 58.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.5% ▲ +5.8%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 57.5%
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 32.5% of the workforce. Other main employers include public administration and safety at 15.0%, and education and training at 8.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up a large share of the local workforce at 33.8%. This is followed by labourers at 14.4%, machinery operators and drivers at 12.5%, and technicians and trades at 11.9%.
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 Wickepin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51600/wickepin/topic/employment