3.5% —
Lower than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingfisher Shores · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingfisher Shores
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Kingfisher Shores, where 22.5% of workers are in this field. While more adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, a smaller share of the workforce is in full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.7% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average, with only 52.5% of the workforce in full-time jobs.
64.7% —
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 61.5%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% —
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 60.5%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the most common industries for workers in Kingfisher Shores are construction at 17.5% and retail trade at 13.8%. Manufacturing and education each account for 11.3% of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up a quarter of the local workforce. Professionals are the next most common group at 17.5%, followed by community and personal service workers and sales workers, who both sit at 12.5%.
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 Kingfisher Shores [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12154/kingfisher-shores/topic/employment