7.6% ▲ +123.3%
Higher than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 7.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Swan Point · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Swan Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working or looking for work in Swan Point than in most similar areas, with only 49.4% of adults in the workforce. This shift is part of a ten-year decline in employment, while the unemployment rate has risen to 7.6%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment has also fallen by 9.1 points since 2011, and the unemployment rate is now a little above the state and national figures.
49.4% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 38.0%
- 2021: 49.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.0% ▼ -14.8%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 60.0%
- 2021: 52.0%
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 for local workers at 13.6%, followed by manufacturing at 11.2% and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five people here are managers, while 17.6% work as professionals. Technicians and trades, machinery operators, and labourers each make up 13.6% of the 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 Swan Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL622024/swan-point/topic/employment