4.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Penguin · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Penguin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Penguin, where nearly one in five workers are employed in this sector. The area has a stable job market, though fewer adults are working or looking for work than in most other parts of the state and country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 55% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This is a drop of 7.2 points since 2011, though the unemployment rate has stayed steady at around 4.5%.
55.0% ▼ -11.6%
Higher than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.2%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 55.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -6.2%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance lead the way at 19.3%, followed by education and training at 11.4% and retail trade at 9.7%. Construction and manufacturing also employ significant numbers at 9.1% and 7.1% respectively.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 20.5%, with technicians and trades making up 16.4%. Community and personal service workers account for 15.3% of the local workforce.
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 Penguin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL615016/penguin/topic/employment