3.9% ▼ -49.6%
Higher than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.6%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingscliff · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingscliff
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in full-time work in Kingscliff compared to the rest of the state. Only 51.8% of the workforce holds a full-time role, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. This gap marks a significant difference in how the local workforce is employed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A little fewer than most areas, 56.1% of adults are working or looking for work. The unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
56.1% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.5%
- 2016: 53.5%
- 2021: 56.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -4.3%
Lower than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 54.1%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 16.3%, followed by education and training at 12.0% and construction at 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 26.2%, while managers account for 15.3% 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 Kingscliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12162/kingscliff/topic/employment