8.6% ▲ +17.1%
Higher than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.6%
- 2021: 8.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kempsey · Urban Area
Jobs & Industry in Kempsey
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in Kempsey, where 21.5% of the workforce is found in this field. The local job market faces significant challenges, with a low number of people working or looking for work and an unemployment rate that is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 43.4% of adults are working or looking for work, which is far below the Australian figure of 61.1%. This coincides with a high unemployment rate of 8.6% and a drop in full-time employment, which fell 8.8 percentage points since 2011.
43.4% ▼ -22.2%
Lower than 99% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 43.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.5% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 87% of urban area areas.
- 2011: 61.2%
- 2016: 55.7%
- 2021: 52.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Aside from health care, the main industries employing locals are retail trade at 12.9% and education and training at 8.8%. Accommodation and food services and construction each employ about 8% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service workers make up the largest group at 19.5%. Other common roles include professionals at 14.3%, labourers at 13.8%, and technicians and trades people at 12.5%.
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 Kempsey [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sua/1017/kempsey/topic/employment