FACTBase Bulletin 22 - The Spatial Distribution of Employment in Metropolitan Perth, 1991-2011

This Bulletin provides a brief overview of employment and unemployment trends in the Perth metropolitan area over the past two decades.

Key Findings

• Employment growth and unemployment rate are critical indicators of the performance of local economies.
• Perth’s labour force continued to expand during 2007-2009 in the global financial crisis.
• Success of numerous planning and policy initiatives saw the labour force growth in Perth at 225% from 2006-2011.
• The least growth occurred in the inner suburbs, with some outlying suburbs such as Joondalup South, and Mundaring having little growth.
• Areas of Perth that had high unemployment in 1991 also had high unemployment in 2011.