0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 0.0%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kunwarara · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A massive 35 percentage point gap separates the full-time employment rate in Kunwarara from the national figure. This sparsely populated area has an exceptionally strong job market, where nearly every working adult is in a full-time role.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is more common here than in most areas, with 63.6% of adults active in the labour force. The unemployment rate is well below the national figure of 5.1%, sitting at 0.0%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
63.6% —
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
94.3% —
Higher than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is driven by primary industries, with 54.3% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Mining is another key employer, accounting for 14.3% of the workforce.
The kinds of jobs people do.
More than half of the workforce are managers, making up 51.4% of occupations. Clerical and administrative roles and machinery operators and drivers each account for 20.0% of jobs.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kunwarara [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31587/kunwarara/topic/employment