3.6% ▼ -59.6%
Lower than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 8.9%
- 2016: 5.3%
- 2021: 3.6%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kiama · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kiama
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Kiama compared to the rest of Australia, where the national figure is 61.1% versus 53.6% here. Despite this gap, the local unemployment rate is a little lower than the national average at 3.6%. This reflects a shifting local economy, with the proportion of adults in the workforce rising by 15 percentage points since 2011.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment sits at 53.9%, which is well below the New South Wales figure of 58.0%. However, the local unemployment rate of 3.6% is a little below both the state and national figures, and has fallen 5.3 percentage points since 2011.
53.6% ▲ +40.4%
Higher than 51% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.1%
- 2016: 59.1%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.9% ▲ +3.9%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 51.9%
- 2016: 65.6%
- 2021: 53.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 15.8%, followed by education and training at 13.1% and construction at 12.0%. Other common industries include public administration and safety at 9.6% and accommodation and food at 7.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 28.9%. This is followed by technicians and trades at 14.7% and managers at 14.6%, with community and personal service workers accounting for 12.2% of the workforce.
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 Kiama [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL113007/kiama/topic/employment