2.9% ▼ -37.6%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.6%
- 2016: 3.4%
- 2021: 2.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Kembla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Well over 64% of adults in Mount Kembla are working or looking for work, a rate that is well above both the state and national figures. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 2.9%, which is a little below the Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here at 64.7%, while the unemployment rate is 2.9%. Full-time employment sits at 57.4%, which is about the same as the New South Wales figure.
64.7% ▼ -5.4%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.4%
- 2016: 67.7%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.4% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.1%
- 2016: 58.9%
- 2021: 57.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 15.4%, followed by education and training at 14.8% and construction at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.6%. Managers account for 18.6% of the workforce, while technicians and tradespeople make up 13.5%.
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 Mount Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12780/mount-kembla/topic/employment