2.3% ▼ -38.9%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 4.1%
- 2021: 2.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Mount Kuring-Gai · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Mount Kuring-Gai
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Mount Kuring-Gai than in most similar areas. This activity is paired with a very low unemployment rate of 2.3%, which is a little below the New South Wales figure of 4.9%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.9% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above the national average of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is a little below the state rate, with 56.2% of residents in full-time roles.
65.9% ▼ -6.7%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.6%
- 2016: 67.6%
- 2021: 65.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -8.2%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 62.7%
- 2021: 56.2%
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 here, employing 17.3% of the workforce. Other major sectors include professional and technical services at 11.0% and education and training at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 31.1%, followed by managers at 16.4%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 13.6% of the local 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 Mount Kuring-Gai [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL12783/mount-kuring-gai/topic/employment