3.7% ▼ -5.8%
Higher than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.0%
- 2016: 6.2%
- 2021: 3.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kensington · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kensington
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Employment patterns in Kensington have shifted over the last decade, with a remarkably high proportion of adults now working or looking for work. This suburb stands out from most other areas with 69.9% of adults in the labour force, well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 3.7%, which is a little below the state and national figures of 5.1%. Full-time employment sits at 58.3%, nearly the same as the national average.
69.9% ▲ +0.2%
Higher than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.8%
- 2016: 66.2%
- 2021: 69.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.3% ▼ -7.8%
Higher than 51% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 63.2%
- 2016: 60.1%
- 2021: 58.3%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Local workers are most common in health care and social assistance (14.4%), followed by professional and technical services (12.9%) and education and training (12.2%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
A large portion of the workforce are professionals (37.6%) or managers (17.7%), while 11% 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 Kensington [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50752/kensington/topic/employment