7.0% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 86% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 8.9%
- 2021: 7.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kempsey - Nambucca · Sub-region (SA3)
Jobs & Industry in Kempsey - Nambucca
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Kempsey - Nambucca, where 18.6% of workers are in this field. The area struggles with a low number of adults working or looking for work, and the typical person is less likely to have a full-time job compared to the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 44.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 7.0%, a little above the national figure of 5.1%, although it has fallen since 2011.
44.6% ▼ -0.4%
Lower than 92% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 44.8%
- 2016: 43.1%
- 2021: 44.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.2% ▼ -4.9%
Lower than 95% of sub-region (sa3) areas.
- 2011: 52.8%
- 2016: 51.0%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the rest of the workforce is spread across retail trade (10.9%), education and training (9.7%), construction (9.2%), and accommodation and food services (8.8%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 16.8%, followed by professionals at 15.7% and labourers at 13.8%.
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 Kempsey - Nambucca [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa3/10802/kempsey-nambucca/topic/employment