4.0% ▼ -33.9%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Killcare Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Killcare 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 Killcare Heights than in most other areas, with only 53.9% in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Despite this, those who are looking for work face a bit more luck than the national average, with an unemployment rate of 4.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 46.8% of residents have full-time jobs, which is far below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. This reflects a broader trend in the area where the proportion of adults working or looking for work is much lower than in most similar places.
53.9% ▼ -3.3%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.7%
- 2016: 57.4%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.8% ▼ -16.5%
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 46.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical services being the most common at 13.7%. Construction follows closely at 13.2%, while health care and social assistance employ 11.1% of residents.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation in Killcare Heights at 36.0%. Managers make up another large group at 21.9%, while technicians and tradespeople account for 15.5% 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 Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12142/killcare-heights/topic/employment