15.0% ▼ -1.8%
Higher than 97% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 15.3%
- 2016: 16.9%
- 2021: 15.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kempsey · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kempsey
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kempsey compared to most similar areas. This is a challenging local job market where unemployment is among the highest at this level, sitting at 15.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.7%. Full-time employment is also well below the national average, with just 50.0% of the workforce in full-time roles.
43.7% ▲ +10.1%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 39.7%
- 2016: 41.7%
- 2021: 43.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.2%
- 2016: 50.0%
- 2021: 50.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.5%, followed by accommodation and food services at 17.3% and retail trade at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 24.4%, while labourers make up 21.2% of the local workforce.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12103/kempsey/topic/employment