5.9% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 5.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kings Plains · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kings Plains
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of nearly 10 percentage points separates Kings Plains from New South Wales in the proportion of adults working or looking for work. While 68% of adults are active in the workforce, full-time employment is well below the national figure. This creates a unique local job market where a high number of people are active, but few hold full-time roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 68% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment at 50.8% is well below the state average, and the unemployment rate is 5.9%, which is much higher than in most similar areas.
68.0% —
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 71.3%
- 2021: 68.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.8% —
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 43.3%
- 2021: 50.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with health care and social assistance being the most common at 20.6%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing follow at 17.5%, while retail trade and education and training both account for 14.3% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 22.2%, followed closely by labourers at 20.6%. Community and personal service workers represent 19% of the local workforce, while professionals and technicians and trades both sit at 12.7%.
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 Kings Plains [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12159/kings-plains/topic/employment