4.7% ▲ +1.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 8.3%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kinchela · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kinchela
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer than 54% of adults are working or looking for work in Kinchela, which is well below both the state and national figures. This makes it an area where a smaller proportion of the adult population is active in the workforce compared to most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, and full-time employment is well below the national figure at 52.8%. The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is higher than most similar areas.
53.8% ▲ +10.0%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.9%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 53.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.8% ▼ -2.9%
Lower than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.4%
- 2016: 55.5%
- 2021: 52.8%
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 for residents at 20%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 17.6%, while professionals account for 14.4% of the local 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 Kinchela [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12148/kinchela/topic/employment