11.8% ▲ +83.0%
Higher than 88% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 6.4%
- 2016: 2.4%
- 2021: 11.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Looma · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Looma
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of 46 percentage points separates Looma from Western Australia in the share of adults working or looking for work. Only 18% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate has climbed to 11.8%. This is well above the state and national figures of 5.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work has plummeted by 33 points since 2011. Full-time employment also fell by 12 points to 53.2%, which is well below the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
18.0% ▼ -64.3%
Lower than 99% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 50.5%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 18.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 66% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 67.5%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry here, employing 31.9% of the workforce. Other common sectors include retail trade and other services, each at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers and labourers are the most common roles, each making up 25.5% of occupations. Clerical and administrative positions follow at 12.8%.
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 Looma [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL522043/looma/topic/employment