6.3% ▼ -11.9%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.1%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kalkite · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kalkite
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults in Kalkite are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. While 67.1% of adults are active in the labour force, the local unemployment rate of 6.3% is much higher than in most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment sits at 56.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures.
67.1% ▲ +22.2%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.9%
- 2016: 63.7%
- 2021: 67.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.4%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local jobs are spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in accommodation and food (14.9%), public administration and safety (12.2%), and construction (11.5%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 19.6%, followed closely by community and personal service workers at 18.9% and technicians and trades people at 14.2%.
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 Kalkite [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12060/kalkite/topic/employment