3.5% ▼ -17.7%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.2%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kiama Downs · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kiama Downs
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More people in Kiama Downs are working or looking for work than in the past. While about 60.2% of adults are active in the labour force, full-time employment is notably lower than the national figure, with only 54.1% of the population working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below the figures for both New South Wales and Australia. However, full-time work is much less common here than in most other areas.
60.2% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.7%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.1% ▼ -7.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 54.1%
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 at 14.8%, followed by education and training at 13.9% and construction at 12.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 26.7% of workers, while technicians and trades people make up 16.4% 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 Downs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12125/kiama-downs/topic/employment