3.3% ▼ -26.9%
Lower than 54% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingscote · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingscote
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 54.3% of adults are working or looking for work in Kingscote, a figure well below the national average. This lower level of workforce activity is partly because full-time employment is much lower than in most other areas. Despite this, those seeking work find it relatively easy, with an unemployment rate of 3.3%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 51.4%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 57.2%. This contributes to the overall number of adults working or looking for work being lower than in most similar areas.
54.3% ▼ -11.6%
Lower than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.5%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 54.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.4% ▲ +1.0%
Lower than 80% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 50.9%
- 2016: 49.7%
- 2021: 51.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 13.7%, followed by retail trade at 10.7%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also play a significant role, employing 10.0% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers are the most common occupation at 16.7%, followed by technicians and trades at 14.6%. Professionals and managers also make up a significant share, at 14.1% and 13.0% respectively.
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 Kingscote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40697/kingscote/topic/employment