6.4% ▼ -48.6%
Higher than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 12.5%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Knockrow · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Knockrow
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Knockrow, where 17.3% of the workforce is employed in this sector. While more adults are working or looking for work here than in most similar areas, full-time employment is far below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is far below the Australian average at 42.3%, and the unemployment rate of 6.4% is much higher than most areas.
64.5% ▲ +5.5%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 56.7%
- 2021: 64.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
42.3% ▼ -4.0%
Lower than 95% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 44.0%
- 2016: 51.9%
- 2021: 42.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 17.3%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.4%. Construction and education and training each make up 9.6% of the industry mix.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 27.9%, with professionals following at 23.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.5% and technicians and trades at 11.5%.
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 Knockrow [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12187/knockrow/topic/employment