1.7% ▼ -53.7%
Lower than 90% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.7%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 1.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Gingin · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Gingin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the biggest employer in Gingin (L), with 22.1% of workers in these fields. This is a place where most people have jobs, and the unemployment rate is very low at just 1.7%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 58.9% of adults are working or looking for work, this is well below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment fell by 4.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.4%, which is a little below the national figure.
58.9% ▼ -1.7%
Higher than 67% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.9%
- 2016: 48.1%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.4% ▼ -7.3%
Higher than 52% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the strong presence of agriculture and fishing, mining is a major employer at 13%, followed closely by construction at 12.3%. Education and retail trade each employ about 6% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.5%. This is followed by labourers at 16.8%, machinery operators and drivers at 15%, and technicians and trades people at 13.5%.
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 Gingin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521021/gingin/topic/employment