6.2% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.5%
- 2016: 8.7%
- 2021: 6.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kensington Grove · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kensington Grove
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher-than-average number of adults are working or looking for work in Kensington Grove compared to the rest of the country. While 67.2% of the adult population is active in the labour force, the area also faces a much higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.2%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Despite this, full-time employment is a little above the national average at 61.7%.
67.2% ▲ +9.8%
Higher than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 61.9%
- 2021: 67.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.7% ▼ -0.6%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.0%
- 2016: 68.4%
- 2021: 61.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 12.1%, followed by construction at 11.0% and manufacturing at 10.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades people make up the largest group of workers at 17.1%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 13.5% and labourers at 13.4%.
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 Kensington Grove [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31508/kensington-grove/topic/employment