6.4% ▼ -24.7%
Higher than 71% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.5%
- 2016: 11.0%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Cunderdin · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Cunderdin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time employment is much higher in Cunderdin than in most similar areas, with 64.7% of the workforce in full-time roles. While more adults are working or looking for work than in similar places, the local unemployment rate of 6.4% remains a little above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work make up 58% of the population, which is higher than similar areas but well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. This has risen by 3.1 points since 2011, while the unemployment rate fell from 8.5% to 6.4% over the same period.
58.0% ▲ +5.7%
Higher than 65% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.7% ▼ -9.5%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 69.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with education and training being the most common industry at 15.9%, followed by manufacturing at 13.2% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers are the largest group at 18%, followed closely by labourers at 16.9% and managers at 16.3%.
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 Cunderdin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521016/cunderdin/topic/employment