4.3% ▼ -7.2%
Higher than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
King Leopold Ranges · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in King Leopold Ranges
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 41.1% of adults are working or looking for work in King Leopold Ranges, which is far below the national figure. This is a sparsely populated area where those who do have jobs are overwhelmingly employed full-time.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much higher than in most areas at 70%, sitting far above the Australian average of 58.9%. The unemployment rate is 4.3%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
41.1% ▼ -36.5%
Lower than 90% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 41.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
70.0% ▼ -11.0%
Higher than 88% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 78.7%
- 2016: 67.4%
- 2021: 70.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry here at 25.6%, followed by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 18.9% and arts and recreation at 17.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 32.2%, while technicians and trades account for 15.6% of the workforce.
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 King Leopold Ranges [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50760/king-leopold-ranges/topic/employment