9.2% ▼ -49.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 18.1%
- 2016: 27.4%
- 2021: 9.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gapuwiyak · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Retail trade is the most common industry for workers in Gapuwiyak, where 23.1% of employed people work in this sector. The area faces significant employment challenges, with a very small proportion of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 25.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure of 61.1%. This low participation is matched by a high unemployment rate of 9.2%, well above the Australian average of 5.1%.
9.2% ▼ -49.1%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
25.2% ▼ -9.3%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▲ +160.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety (22.3%), health care (16.2%), and education (15.4%) are also major employers. Construction accounts for 3.8% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.5%, followed by community and personal service workers at 25.4%. Sales workers account for 13.1%, while managers and labourers each make up 7.7% of the workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Gapuwiyak [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70107/gapuwiyak/topic/employment