9.8% ▲ +107.9%
Higher than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 9.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kempsey · Urban Centre
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 largest employer in Kempsey, where 23.6% of workers are employed in this sector. This professional base contrasts with a challenging local job market, marked by an unemployment rate of 9.8% which is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.6% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure that is far below the New South Wales average. Full-time employment has fallen to 51.9%, while unemployment rose 5.1 points since 2011 to reach 9.8%.
39.6% ▼ -24.5%
Lower than 85% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.4%
- 2016: 47.0%
- 2021: 39.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.9% ▼ -14.3%
Lower than 72% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 56.6%
- 2021: 51.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Beyond health care, the most common industries for local workers are retail trade at 13.7% and accommodation and food services at 9.0%. Education and training and public administration also make up a significant part of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Community and personal service roles are the most common occupation at 21.0%. Labourers make up 15.3% of the workforce, followed by professionals at 14.0% and technicians and trades at 11.5%.
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/ucl/UCL113006/kempsey/topic/employment