0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kimbolton · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kimbolton than in the rest of the country, with only 46.2% in the workforce. Despite this, the area has a very strong employment record, with no one currently unemployed.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the workforce is much smaller than most areas, those who are employed are mostly in full-time roles. At 62.5%, full-time work is a little above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%.
0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
46.2% —
Lower than 86% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% —
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Mining dominates the local economy, employing 79.2% of the workforce. Other common industries include administrative and support services at 16.7% and retail trade at 12.5%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
A quarter of workers are machinery operators and drivers. Managers and technicians or tradespeople also make up a significant share, each accounting for 16.7% of jobs.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Kimbolton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50759/kimbolton/topic/employment