1.8% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 63% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.8%
- 2016: 2.8%
- 2021: 1.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kurrajong Heights · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kurrajong Heights
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A far higher share of adults are working or looking for work in Kurrajong Heights compared to the rest of the country. With 71.5% of the adult population in the workforce, the area shows very strong employment activity. This is supported by an unemployment rate of just 1.8%, which is well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is much more common here than in most areas, sitting at 71.5%. Full-time employment for 57.6% of residents is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
71.5% ▲ +5.8%
Higher than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.6%
- 2016: 65.2%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 62.5%
- 2021: 57.6%
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 residents at 13%, closely followed by education and training at 12.9% and construction at 10.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 24.2%, while managers account for 16.4% and technicians and trades for 15.5% 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 Kurrajong Heights [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12227/kurrajong-heights/topic/employment