10.0% ▼ -6.8%
Higher than 94% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 10.7%
- 2016: 12.6%
- 2021: 10.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kings Park · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)
Jobs & Industry in Kings Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Few areas like Kings Park have such a low proportion of people working or looking for work, at just 49.2%. This is a workforce facing significant challenges, with an unemployment rate of 10.0% that is among the highest for similar areas and double the Victorian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment has also dropped, falling 6.1 percentage points since 2011 to reach 56.0%.
49.2% ▼ -6.0%
Lower than 88% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 52.3%
- 2016: 50.4%
- 2021: 49.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.0% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 73% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 59.5%
- 2021: 56.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the most common industry for local workers at 13.9%, followed by retail trade at 10.5% and health care and social assistance at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by blue-collar roles, with labourers making up 18.8% of occupations, while technicians, trades, and machinery operators each account for 15.6%.
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 Kings Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/213011333/kings-park/topic/employment