4.2% ▲ +140.4%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Carmel · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Carmel
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of full-time workers defines the workforce in Carmel (L), where 64% of people have full-time roles. This is well above the national figure and has grown steadily over the last decade. While many are employed, the overall share of adults working or looking for work is much lower than the state and national averages.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has risen by 5.3 percentage points since 2011 to reach 64%. However, the 52.7% of adults working or looking for work is far below the Western Australian average, while the unemployment rate of 4.2% is about the same as the state.
52.7% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.3%
- 2016: 50.8%
- 2021: 52.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% ▲ +9.0%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.7%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance, which employs 17.4% of people. Education and training follows at 14.9%, with mining, construction, and retail trade each accounting for 8.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 24.2%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 21.7%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.3% and managers at 13%.
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 Carmel [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522010/carmel/topic/employment