6.7% ▼ -21.4%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.6%
- 2016: 9.9%
- 2021: 6.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kurri Kurri · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kurri Kurri
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A gap of over 7 percentage points separates Kurri Kurri from the national average in terms of adults working or looking for work. Only 53.7% of adults are active in the labour force, a figure well below both the state and Australian levels. This struggle is mirrored in the local unemployment rate, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.7%, which is a little above the figures for New South Wales and Australia. While 58.3% of the workforce is employed full-time, this is about the same as the state and national averages.
53.7% ▲ +0.5%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.4%
- 2016: 50.6%
- 2021: 53.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -2.4%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 60.3%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.5%, followed by retail trade at 10.6% and construction at 9.9%. Manufacturing and accommodation and food services also employ a significant slice of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 19.0%. Labourers (15.3%), community and personal service workers (14.2%), and machinery operators and drivers (12.8%) are also common roles in the area.
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 Kurri Kurri [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12229/kurri-kurri/topic/employment