5.0% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 35.2%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Wyndham · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Wyndham
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Wyndham since 2011, with that figure falling by 29 percentage points. Despite this, full-time employment has climbed to 68.4%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work rose to 68.4%, among the highest for similar areas. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is 41.6%, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%.
41.6% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 70.5%
- 2016: 46.7%
- 2021: 41.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
68.4% ▲ +11.6%
Higher than 93% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 55.8%
- 2021: 68.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry here at 18.6%, followed by education and training at 17.3% and mining at 10%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of workers are in community and personal service roles, while 21.2% are professionals and 13.9% are managers.
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 Wyndham [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL521052/wyndham/topic/employment