6.8% ▼ -12.9%
Higher than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.8%
- 2016: 9.3%
- 2021: 6.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kippa-Ring · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kippa-Ring
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A much lower proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Kippa-Ring compared to the rest of the state. Only 52.9% of adults are in the labour force, and the area faces a higher unemployment rate than most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 6.8%, which is a little above the national figure of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.8%, slightly below the Queensland average of 59.0%.
52.9% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.0%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 52.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -9.2%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 59.7%
- 2021: 56.8%
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 16.5%, followed by construction at 10.7% and retail trade at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 16.3%, while community and personal service workers account for 14.7% of the local workforce.
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 Kippa-Ring [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31554/kippa-ring/topic/employment