5.8% ▼ -51.5%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 11.9%
- 2016: 14.2%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yarloop · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Yarloop
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are in the workforce in Yarloop compared to most areas. Only 51.8% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the Western Australian average. This lower activity is mirrored by a full-time employment rate of 53.2%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than in most similar areas. This stands against a state and national figure of around 5.1%.
51.8% ▲ +12.0%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 46.3%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -13.5%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 50.7%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is spread across several sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and manufacturing both accounting for 12.8% of workers. Construction follows closely at 12.4%, with mining at 9.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades are the most common workers at 19.7%. This is followed by labourers at 16.5%, machinery operators and drivers at 15.6%, and managers at 14.7%.
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 Yarloop [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51675/yarloop/topic/employment