3.4% ▼ -12.5%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kahibah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kahibah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high percentage of adults in Kahibah are working or looking for work, at 66.0%. This figure is well above both the New South Wales and national averages. Most people here are employed full-time, while the unemployment rate is slightly lower than the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 66.0% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. The unemployment rate is 3.4%, slightly below both the state and national rates.
66.0% ▲ +8.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 63.3%
- 2021: 66.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 20.3%. Education and training follow at 12.6%, with construction accounting for 10.6% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 29.3%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 15.2% and clerical and administrative staff at 14.4%.
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 Kahibah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12056/kahibah/topic/employment