3.8% ▲ +249.7%
Higher than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 1.1%
- 2016: 7.9%
- 2021: 3.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kings Park · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kings Park
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer people are in the workforce in Kings Park than in most similar areas. Only 52.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the South Australian figure of 60%. This gap is most clear in full-time work, where the local rate of 50.4% is significantly lower than the national average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The local unemployment rate is 3.8%, which is a little below both the state and national figures. However, only about half of adults (52.2%) are active in the labour force, a figure that sits well below most other areas.
52.2% ▼ -1.3%
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.9%
- 2016: 51.2%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
50.4% ▼ -5.7%
Lower than 84% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 53.5%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 50.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer here, accounting for 19.4% of jobs. Other common industries include professional and technical services at 14.7% and education and training at 10.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 38.9%, followed by managers at 20.2%. Clerical and administrative roles account for 9.1% 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 Kings Park [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40696/kings-park/topic/employment