5.8% ▼ -41.1%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.9%
- 2016: 10.8%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Kembla · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Port Kembla
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower share of adults are working or looking for work in Port Kembla, with just 51.2% in the labour force. This is well below the national figure of 61.1%. While fewer people are employed, the unemployment rate is 5.8%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 53.9% of the workforce is employed full-time, a figure well below the New South Wales average of 58.0%. This lower level of employment is consistent with the area's overall smaller labour force.
51.2% ▲ +6.0%
Lower than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 48.3%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 51.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▼ -10.9%
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 60.2%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for workers are health care and social assistance at 17.9%, followed by education and training at 9.3% and construction at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
One in five people work as professionals, making it the most common occupation at 20%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.6% and labourers at 14.3%.
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 Port Kembla [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL13257/port-kembla/topic/employment