3.0% ▲ +129.5%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.3%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kangaroo Point · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kangaroo Point
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer full-time workers live in Kangaroo Point than in most similar areas. While about 58.9% of adults are working or looking for work, the share of those in full-time roles is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.0%, which is a little below the figures for New South Wales and Australia. However, only 46% of the population works full-time, a figure far below the 58.9% national average.
58.9% ▼ -6.4%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.0%
- 2016: 64.3%
- 2021: 58.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.0% ▼ -25.7%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.9%
- 2016: 58.7%
- 2021: 46.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.5%, followed closely by professional and technical services at 13.5% and health care and social assistance at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.5%, while managers account for 25.3% and clerical or administrative roles make up 16.6%.
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 Kangaroo Point [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12068/kangaroo-point/topic/employment