4.2% ▲ +23.8%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.4%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Killcare · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Killcare
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Killcare than in most similar areas. Only 54.9% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This shift reflects a community where a smaller portion of the adult population is engaged in paid employment compared to the wider state.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is well below the state average at 50.2%, and the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is lower than most areas. Despite this, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the figures for New South Wales and Australia.
54.9% ▲ +0.6%
Lower than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 54.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.2% ▼ -6.5%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.7%
- 2016: 45.4%
- 2021: 50.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are professional and technical services at 18.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 16.3% and construction at 11.0%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.6%, with managers accounting for 19.4% and clerical and administrative roles making up 13.2% of the 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 Killcare [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12141/killcare/topic/employment