5.4% ▲ +42.3%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kanoona · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kanoona
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
High employment rates define the local workforce in Kanoona, where 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work. This is well above both the state and national figures. It is a place where most residents are active in the job market, though the unemployment rate of 5.4% is higher than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment sits at 59.4%, which is about the same as the national average.
64.9% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.8%
- 2016: 64.0%
- 2021: 64.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.4% ▲ +18.8%
Higher than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.0%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 59.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is split evenly between a few key sectors, with agriculture, forestry and fishing and health care both employing 15.9% of the workforce. Manufacturing and food services each account for 13% of local jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 24.6%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 17.4% and labourers at 15.9%.
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 Kanoona [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12074/kanoona/topic/employment