5.5% ▼ -32.5%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.1%
- 2016: 8.1%
- 2021: 5.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kendall · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kendall
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kendall than in most other areas. Only 54.6% of the adult population is in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This lower participation is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.5%, which is higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%, with only 54.2% of residents working full-time. This is lower than most areas.
54.6% ▲ +7.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 49.8%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▲ +3.0%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.7%
- 2016: 53.2%
- 2021: 54.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 19.5%, followed by construction at 15.3% and retail trade at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades, making up 20.7% of the workforce. Community and personal service workers account for 14.3%, while professionals make up 13.9%.
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 Kendall [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12104/kendall/topic/employment