3.9% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 80% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Albany (South West) · State Electorate
Jobs & Industry in Albany (South West)
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A low unemployment rate of 3.9% defines the local job market in Albany (South West). While few people are without work, the area sees fewer adults working or looking for work than most other regions. This suggests a workforce that is stable but smaller than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 57.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment is also well below the state average at 54.4%, a figure that has fallen by 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
57.3% ▼ -2.4%
Lower than 72% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 57.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 83% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.5%, followed by retail trade at 11.3%. Other common industries include education and training at 9.3% and construction at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 17.2%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 15.5%, and community and personal service workers at 14.1%.
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 Albany (South West) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED50106/albany/topic/employment