0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 13.8%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kelvin View · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Four in ten workers in Kelvin View are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This farming focus is reflected in the local workforce, where managers are the most common occupation. While most residents are active in the workforce, very few are employed full-time compared to the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 64.9% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure of 61.1%. However, full-time employment is well below the state average at 50.0%, though the area has a notably low unemployment rate of 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
64.9% —
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.0% —
Lower than 85% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry for 40.0% of workers. Other common sectors include education and training at 15.0%, while transport and warehousing and health care both account for 10.0%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 40.0%. This is followed by technicians and trades workers and community and personal service workers, who each make up 20.0% of the local workforce.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kelvin View [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21321/kelvin-view/topic/employment