6.1% ▼ -16.9%
Higher than 77% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 13.1%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Keswick · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Keswick
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Keswick, where 21% of people are employed in the sector. This small area has a very high number of adults working or looking for work compared to the rest of the country.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 74.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far above the national figure of 61.1%. However, the unemployment rate is 6.1%, which is much higher than most similar areas.
74.1% ▲ +7.9%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.7%
- 2016: 66.8%
- 2021: 74.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 59.0%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, many residents work in retail trade (11.5%), followed by professional services, public administration, and food and accommodation, each at 7.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 27.4%, while 14.7% work in community and personal service and 13.8% in clerical and administrative roles.
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 Keswick [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40685/keswick/topic/employment