4.2% ▲ +19.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.5%
- 2016: 4.5%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kambah · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Kambah
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More than six in ten adults in Kambah are employed full-time, making it a place where stable work is common. While the number of people working or looking for work is lower than the Territory average, the local workforce remains larger than the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Around 63% of adults are working or looking for work, which is a little above the national figure but well below the ACT average. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, which is about the same as the figures for both the Territory and Australia.
63.0% ▼ -10.6%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.4%
- 2016: 63.1%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
62.5% ▼ -4.9%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 65.8%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 62.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the biggest employer here, accounting for 27.8% of jobs. Health care and social assistance follow at 13.6%, while professional and technical roles make up 9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common occupation at 27%, followed by managers and clerical staff who each make up 15.9% of the workforce. Community and personal service roles account for another 12% of jobs.
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 Kambah [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80082/kambah/topic/employment