3.5% ▼ -2.2%
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Killarney Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Killarney Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults are working or looking for work in Killarney Heights than in most similar areas. While 65.5% of the adult population is in the labour force, a smaller proportion are in full-time roles compared to the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. However, full-time employment at 55.8% is well below the Australian average of 58.9%.
65.5% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -8.7%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Professional and technical services are the most common industry here at 17.1%. Other major sectors include health care and social assistance at 10.7%, and education and training at 10.4%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up 36.5% of the workforce, followed by managers at 21.8%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13% of jobs in the area.
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 Killarney Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12138/killarney-heights/topic/employment