Karabar · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Karabar

Name: Jobs & Industry in Karabar — 2021 Census
Creator: Australian Bureau of Statistics
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.

Far more people are working or looking for work in Karabar than in most similar areas. This workforce is notably stable, with 67.7% of the population employed full-time, a figure well above the national average of 58.9%. While the unemployment rate of 4.4% is about the same as the state and national figures, the area maintains a very strong overall employment rate.

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📍 Karabar, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

Working or looking for work is common here, with 65.4% of adults active in the labour force, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is especially high at 67.7%, although this has fallen slightly by 1.9 percentage points since 2011.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

Public administration and safety is the biggest employer for local workers at 22.5%, followed by construction at 14.3% and health care and social assistance at 9.9%.

Industries people work in

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No single group dominates in Karabar — Public administration & safety leads at 24%, ahead of Construction (15%) and Health care & social assistance (10%).

Public administration & safety 22.5% Construction 14.3% Health care & social assistance 9.9% Retail trade 7.7% Education & training 6.8% Professional & technical 6.3% Accommodation & food 5.3% Other services 4.2% Manufacturing 3.9% Transport & warehousing 3.9%

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Clerical and administrative roles are the most common occupation at 17.4%, closely followed by technicians and trades at 16.9% and professionals at 16.5%.

Occupations people work in

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Karabar splits fairly evenly between Clerical & administrative (18%) and Technicians & trades (17%), with Professionals at 17%.

Clerical & administrative 17.4% Technicians & trades 16.9% Professionals 16.5% Managers 11.8% Community & personal service 11.6% Labourers 9.2% Sales workers 7.5% Machinery operators & drivers 6.8%

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 Karabar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/101021008/karabar/topic/employment

Karabar	4.4%
2620 crosses NSW/ACT	3.4%
New South Wales	4.9%
Australia	5.1%

Where Karabar sits — Unemployment rate