4.3% ▼ -41.1%
Lower than 55% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 7.4%
- 2016: 7.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kendenup · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kendenup
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Labourers make up the largest occupational group in Kendenup, accounting for 29.5% of the workforce. This small locality has seen a significant drop in people working or looking for work, with that figure falling to 37.3% since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 37.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Western Australian figure of 63.9%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 16 points since 2011 to reach 48.8%, while the unemployment rate has dipped to 4.3%.
37.3% ▼ -34.0%
Lower than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 56.5%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 37.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.8% ▼ -24.4%
Lower than 84% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 74.7%
- 2021: 48.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main industry here at 16.3%. Other common industries include health care and social assistance at 14%, followed by construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are labourers, making it the most common occupation. Other roles include community and personal service workers at 17.1% and technicians and trades people at 14.7%.
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 Kendenup [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522033/kendenup/topic/employment