3.1% ▼ -13.3%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.6%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kununurra · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kununurra
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Full-time work is far more common in Kununurra than in most other Australian towns. This steady employment is reflected in a local unemployment rate of 3.1%, which is a little lower than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the Australian average. Of those employed, 71.5% have full-time jobs, a figure far above the state and national levels.
63.3% ▼ -10.9%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.0%
- 2016: 68.1%
- 2021: 63.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.5% ▼ -4.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 74.4%
- 2016: 74.1%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest industry here, employing 17.3% of the workforce. Education, public administration, and agriculture also make up significant shares, each employing around 10% of people.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers are the most common roles, making up 20.9% and 15.4% of workers respectively. Community and personal service workers follow at 13.9%.
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 Kununurra [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL50799/kununurra/topic/employment