4.7% ▲ +109.6%
Higher than 65% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.2%
- 2016: 5.6%
- 2021: 4.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kalgan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kalgan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A high proportion of adults in Kalgan are working or looking for work, with 65.8% in the labour force. While this is well above the national figure, full-time employment is far below the state average, with only 49.8% of the population working full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.7%, which is about the same as the Western Australia and Australian figures, though this is higher than in most similar areas.
65.8% ▲ +0.3%
Higher than 69% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.6%
- 2016: 53.7%
- 2021: 65.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -9.9%
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 55.2%
- 2016: 54.8%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The biggest employers in the area are in agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.3%, followed by health care and social assistance at 13.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common, making up 23.7% of jobs, while managers and technicians or tradespeople follow at 16.2% and 14.8%.
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 Kalgan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50711/kalgan/topic/employment