12.3% ▼ -26.8%
Higher than 93% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 16.8%
- 2016: 16.5%
- 2021: 12.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kandos · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kandos
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A 12.3% unemployment rate makes Kandos an area where finding work is much harder than in most other places. Only 33.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Job security is low here, with the unemployment rate well above the New South Wales and national figures. Full-time employment is also much lower than most areas, sitting at 48.3%.
33.2% ▼ -14.1%
Lower than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 38.6%
- 2016: 33.0%
- 2021: 33.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% ▼ -21.4%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 50.5%
- 2021: 48.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with the largest shares in health care and social assistance (16.9%) and retail trade (11.9%). Mining is also a key industry at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.0%. They are followed closely by machinery operators and drivers at 15.0% and community and personal service workers 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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12065/kandos/topic/employment