3.8% ▼ -26.9%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kiama · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kiama
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than half of adults in Kiama are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average. While the unemployment rate of 3.8% is a little below the Australian figure, the area sees a much lower proportion of its residents in the workforce compared to most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 49.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. Full-time employment is also well below the state and national averages at 54.3%.
49.7% ▼ -7.1%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 51.4%
- 2021: 49.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.3% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.5%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 15.9%, followed by education and training at 12.7% and construction at 12.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 30.4%, while managers make up 15.6% 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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12124/kiama/topic/employment