4.2% ▼ -15.7%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yakamia · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yakamia
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Yakamia than in most other areas. Only 51.8% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure. Despite this, the local unemployment rate is 4.2%, about the same as the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below most areas and sits 12 points lower than the Western Australian average. Full-time employment at 57% is also a little below the Australian figure.
51.8% ▲ +1.6%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.0%
- 2016: 49.0%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▲ +2.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 57.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 17%, followed by retail trade at 13.2%. Other common sectors include accommodation and food, education and training, and public administration.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.9%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 16%. Technicians, trades, labourers, and sales workers also represent significant shares of the local workforce.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
More for Yakamia
Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Yakamia [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51660/yakamia/topic/employment