3.1% ▲ +14.3%
Lower than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 2.7%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingston · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Kingston
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kingston compared to the rest of the country. While only 54.7% of adults are in the labour force, the area maintains a very low unemployment rate of 3.1%. This suggests a community where fewer people seek formal employment, but those who do generally find work.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the national figure at 51.8%, a rate that has fallen 3.0 percentage points since 2011. This trend mirrors a general decline in the local labour force, which is now much lower than the South Australian average.
54.7% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 65% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 54.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.7%
- 2016: 52.1%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 33.7% of the workforce. Other common employers include retail trade at 10.2% and health care and social assistance at 9.5%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 26.1%. Labourers are also common at 18.8%, followed by technicians and trades workers at 11%.
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 Kingston [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA43360/kingston/topic/employment