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Workforce Profile
Perth is home to a highly skilled and innovative workforce, with almost 110,000 workers descending upon the city each day. This represents almost 18% of the entire Perth Metropolitan workforce, with a further 520,000 jobs across the metropolitan region. The high skill base of the Perth workforce is reflected by the fact that over 66% of the workforce is employed by the sectors of Professional, Scientific and Technical Services, Government Administration and Defence, Finance and Insurance Services, Health and Community Services and Mining.
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Perth (Jan 2010) |
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Industry Sector |
Jobs |
% |
| Property & business services | 27,955 | 25.78 % |
| Government administration & defence | 14,396 | 13.27 % |
| Finance & insurance | 12,693 | 11.70 % |
| Health & community services | 9,215 | 8.50 % |
| Mining | 7,794 | 7.19 % |
| Retail trade | 6,407 | 5.91 % |
| Accommodation, cafes & restaurants | 5,698 | 5.25 % |
| Personal & other services | 4,820 | 4.44 % |
| Construction | 3,847 | 3.55 % |
| Communication services | 3,061 | 2.82 % |
| Manufacturing | 2,976 | 2.74 % |
| Education | 2,466 | 2.27 % |
| Transport & storage | 1,903 | 1.75 % |
| Cultural & recreational services | 1,838 | 1.69 % |
| Wholesale trade | 1,807 | 1.67 % |
| Electricity, gas & water supply | 1,415 | 1.30 % |
| Agriculture Forestry Fishing | 165 | 0.15 % |
| Total | 108,456 | |
Additional characteristics of the Perth workforce are:
- Business owners within the city comprise 6% of the workforce
- City workers are most likely to be professionals (35.2%), clerical and administration workers (26.8%) and Managers (13.4%)
- A large proportion (62%) of the city workforce has continued study beyond compulsory schooling, with the majority of these workers (30.3%) holding a bachelor degree
- The majority of workers (97.5%) live outside of the city, with a high percentage living within 15km of the city
For more information on the characteristics of the city of Perth workforce please visit Profile ID
Please contact the Economic Development Unit via email to ecodev@cityofperth.wa.gov.au or on +61 8 9461 3198, for any further information.