4.5% ▼ -40.3%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.5%
- 2016: 7.3%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kin Kin · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kin Kin
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kin Kin compared to the rest of the country. Only 54.6% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. This contributes to a local workforce that is much smaller than in most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is far below both the state and national figures, with only 47.7% of residents working full-time. While the unemployment rate is 4.5%, this is about the same as the figures for Queensland and Australia.
54.6% ▲ +6.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 51.1%
- 2016: 48.5%
- 2021: 54.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
47.7% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.3%
- 2016: 50.9%
- 2021: 47.7%
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 15.4%, followed by construction at 12.7% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 10.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The local workforce is split evenly between managers, professionals, and technicians and trades, who each make up 17.6% of the population. Labourers account for another 14.6%.
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 Kin Kin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31534/kin-kin/topic/employment