0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 16.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kithbrook · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly half of Kithbrook's workforce is employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. This makes farming the dominant industry for the area, though the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just 55.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the 61.1% national average. Full-time employment is also far below the national figure at 46.9%, although the unemployment rate is a remarkably low 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
55.4% —
Lower than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
46.9% —
Lower than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the main employer at 46.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 21.9%. Education and training and arts and recreation each employ 12.5% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
Sales workers are the most common occupation at 21.9%. Managers and technicians or trades people both make up 15.6% of the workforce, while professionals account for 12.5%.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kithbrook [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21370/kithbrook/topic/employment