6.3% ▲ +7.7%
Higher than 79% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 6.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kuraby · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kuraby
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Kuraby, where 17.2% of the workforce is employed in this field. While a high number of adults are working or looking for work, the area faces a bit of a struggle with unemployment.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 64% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure. However, the unemployment rate is 6.3%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
64.0% ▲ +2.2%
Higher than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.6%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 64.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.3% ▼ -12.8%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 62.8%
- 2021: 57.3%
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 (17.2%), education and training (9.5%), and retail trade (9.3%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 30.3%, followed by clerical and administrative roles at 12.8% and managers at 11.9%.
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 Kuraby [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL31588/kuraby/topic/employment