4.2% ▲ +16.3%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.8%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
McKellar · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in McKellar
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Most working residents in McKellar hold stable, full-time roles, with 65% of the workforce in these positions. This high rate of full-time employment is well above the national figure and reflects a workforce heavily concentrated in professional and government sectors.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 62.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the ACT average. The unemployment rate is 4.2%, placing it around the middle for similar areas.
62.3% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 69.2%
- 2016: 63.9%
- 2021: 62.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
65.0% ▲ +0.6%
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.6%
- 2016: 63.6%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Public administration and safety is the largest employer at 27.2%, followed by professional and technical services at 11.4%. Health care and social assistance also employ 10.9% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most common at 28.1%, while managers make up 19.5% of the workforce. Clerical and administrative staff account for 15.7% of occupations.
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 McKellar [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL80093/mckellar/topic/employment