3.5% —
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 3.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingswood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Construction is the most common industry for workers in Kingswood, where 13.3% of people are employed in the sector. This is a highly active workforce with 65.4% of adults working or looking for work. Full-time employment is particularly strong here, sitting well above both state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high proportion of adults are working or looking for work, and 64.0% are employed full-time, which is well above the national figure of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 3.5%, a little below the Australian average of 5.1%.
65.4% —
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 65.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
64.0% —
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 63.0%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the biggest employer at 13.3%, followed closely by health care and social assistance at 12.3% and education and training at 11.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation for 17.7% of workers, followed by technicians and trades at 17.2% and managers at 15.7%.
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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12172/kingswood/topic/employment