4.8% ▼ -4.3%
Higher than 66% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 4.0%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kooyong · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kooyong
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Over 41% of workers in Kooyong are professionals, marking it as a highly skilled hub. The area has a strong employment rate, with 64.7% of adults working or looking for work, which is well above the Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Adults working or looking for work are more common here than in most areas, and 59.5% of the workforce are employed full-time. The unemployment rate is 4.8%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
64.7% ▲ +4.7%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.8%
- 2016: 59.8%
- 2021: 64.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▲ +5.0%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.7%
- 2016: 59.3%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 20.2%, followed by professional and technical services at 15.9% and finance and insurance at 8.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is dominated by high-level roles, with professionals making up 41.1% of jobs and managers accounting for a further 20.9%.
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 Kooyong [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21393/kooyong/topic/employment