3.7% ▼ -25.7%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 5.9%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingswood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kingswood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kingswood than in most similar areas. Only 54.4% of adults are in the labour force, which is well below the national figure. Despite this, the 3.7% unemployment rate is a little below both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 54.4%, which is a little below the South Australian figure and well below the Australian average. This is consistent with the overall lower number of adults working or looking for work compared to most other areas.
54.4% ▼ -9.8%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 60.3%
- 2016: 59.4%
- 2021: 54.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
54.4% ▼ -7.2%
Lower than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 55.0%
- 2021: 54.4%
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 at 19.6%, followed by professional and technical services at 12.2% and education and training at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 36.3%. Managers account for 15.9% of the workforce, while 13.5% hold 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 Kingswood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40702/kingswood/topic/employment