11.1% —
Higher than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kars Springs · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kars Springs
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 80% of people in Kars Springs are employed full-time, which is far above the national figure. This sparsely populated area has a very high proportion of adults working or looking for work, though it also faces a much higher unemployment rate than the rest of the state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Nearly 80% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far above the New South Wales average. While full-time employment is very high, the unemployment rate of 11.1% is well above the national figure.
79.4% —
Higher than 94% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 67.9%
- 2021: 79.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
80.0% —
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is concentrated in a few sectors, with 45% working in agriculture, forestry and fishing and 35% in mining. Public administration and safety account for another 15%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workforce are managers, with professionals and machinery operators and drivers each making up 25% of the remaining roles.
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 Kars Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12083/kars-springs/topic/employment