4.0% ▼ -20.4%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Albany · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Albany
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Albany holds a middle-ground position among similar areas for its workforce, though it has a notably low unemployment rate of 4.0%. While more people are out of work than the state average, the number of people actively employed full-time has dropped to 54.9% over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This is mirrored by full-time employment, which fell 2.2 percentage points since 2011 to reach 54.9%.
56.1% ▼ -3.3%
Higher than 59% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.0%
- 2016: 55.4%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.9% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.1%
- 2016: 56.1%
- 2021: 54.9%
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 17.6%, followed by retail trade at 12.0% and construction at 9.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 17.2%, with technicians and tradespeople making up another 15.6% of the local workforce.
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 [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL512001/albany/topic/employment