3.9% ▼ -36.3%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.2%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kiama Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kiama Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kiama Heights than in the typical Australian suburb. Only 53.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This suggests a local workforce that is much smaller than usual.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 52.5%. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
53.4% ▼ -12.2%
Lower than 72% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.7%
- 2016: 55.3%
- 2021: 53.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -5.4%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.5%
- 2016: 56.5%
- 2021: 52.5%
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 19.5%, followed by education and training at 12.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly 30% of workers are professionals, while 16.5% are managers. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.3%.
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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12126/kiama-heights/topic/employment