3.2% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.3%
- 2016: 3.6%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kirrawee · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kirrawee
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Professionals make up the largest slice of the workforce in Kirrawee, with 27.7% of workers in this category. This is a high-employment area where 63.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the New South Wales figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
More adults are active in the workforce here than in most similar areas, and the unemployment rate of 3.2% is a little below both the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 59.9%, which is slightly above the New South Wales average.
63.6% ▲ +0.1%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.5%
- 2016: 62.6%
- 2021: 63.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -6.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.9%
- 2016: 63.5%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for local workers at 13.0%. This is followed by construction and professional and technical services, which both account for 9.7% of jobs.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Aside from professionals, many residents work in clerical and administrative roles (15.7%) or as managers (14.7%). Technicians and tradespeople make up 13.1% 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 Kirrawee [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12181/kirrawee/topic/employment