4.2% ▼ -28.9%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.9%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
South Kalgoorlie · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in South Kalgoorlie
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Mining is the biggest industry for South Kalgoorlie, where 25.5% of workers are employed in the sector. This is a high-employment area where 67.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time work is very common here, with 71.5% of the workforce in full-time roles, far above the Western Australian figure of 60.2%. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
67.8% ▲ +3.7%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.4%
- 2016: 64.5%
- 2021: 67.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
71.5% ▲ +0.0%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 71.5%
- 2016: 69.1%
- 2021: 71.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond the large mining sector, the most common industries for residents are health care and social assistance at 8.9%, and retail trade at 7.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are technicians and trades at 23.8%, followed by machinery operators and drivers at 18.3% and labourers at 11.7%.
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 South Kalgoorlie [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL51373/south-kalgoorlie/topic/employment