3.4% ▼ -0.7%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 3.3%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kurmond · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kurmond
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher than average share of adults are working or looking for work in Kurmond, where 62% of the adult population is active in the labour force. While this is well above the New South Wales figure, full-time employment is well below the state and national rates.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.4%, which is a little below the national figure of 5.1%. However, full-time work is less common here than in most areas, at 52.4%.
62.0% ▲ +1.0%
Higher than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.4%
- 2016: 62.3%
- 2021: 62.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.4% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.9%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 52.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 14.0%, followed by health care and social assistance at 12.3% and retail trade at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.2%, while managers and technicians and trades each account for around 17% of the 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 Kurmond [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12223/kurmond/topic/employment