6.6% ▼ -19.3%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.2%
- 2016: 9.8%
- 2021: 6.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kyogle · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kyogle
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A shift in the local workforce is evident in Kyogle, where unemployment is now a little above the national figure at 6.6%. The area struggles with a low number of people working or looking for work, which sits far below both state and national levels.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure far below the national average of 61.1%. This is mirrored by a lower rate of full-time employment at 54.2%, which is well below the New South Wales figure.
43.5% ▼ -10.7%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.7%
- 2016: 40.2%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.2% ▼ -9.4%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 55.6%
- 2021: 54.2%
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 20.6%, followed by retail trade at 11.5% and construction at 10.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common at 16.3%, closely followed by labourers at 16.0% and technicians and trades at 15.0%.
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 Kyogle [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12237/kyogle/topic/employment