4.8% ▼ -20.2%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.0%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingsgrove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingsgrove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well below the national figure, only 53.9% of adults in Kingsgrove are working or looking for work. This is much lower than most similar areas and reveals a workforce with a lower rate of employment than the state average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is uncommon here, with only 53.2% of residents in full-time roles, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58%. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is higher than most similar areas.
53.9% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.1%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.2% ▼ -18.0%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.9%
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 53.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 11.1%, followed by retail trade at 9.8% and professional and technical services at 8.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 26.2%, while 16.4% of workers are in clerical or administrative positions and 14.5% are managers.
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 Kingsgrove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12166/kingsgrove/topic/employment