4.8% ▲ +0.8%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 5.8%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Killara · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Killara
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professional roles dominate the workforce in Killara, where 43.1% of workers are professionals. This high concentration of skilled work is mirrored in the industry data, with professional, technical, health, and finance roles making up over 44% of all jobs.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure. Full-time employment is a little above the national figure at 60.2%, while the unemployment rate is 4.8%.
59.6% ▲ +2.1%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.4%
- 2016: 59.9%
- 2021: 59.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
60.2% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 60.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The main industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 16.9%, health care and social assistance at 15.0%, and finance and insurance at 12.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
High-level roles are common here, with professionals making up 43.1% of workers and managers accounting for another 20.8%.
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 Killara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12137/killara/topic/employment