7.6% ▼ -18.6%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.4%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swan Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Swan Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 7.6% unemployment rate is much higher than most similar areas for Swan Point. This is a place where fewer adults are working or looking for work compared to the rest of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, at 52%.
49.4% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 52.5%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 52.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers include health care and social assistance at 13.6%, followed by manufacturing at 11.2% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Job roles are varied, with managers making up 20% of the workforce. Professionals account for 17.6%, while technicians, machinery operators and labourers each make up 13.6%.
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 Swan Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL60659/swan-point/topic/employment