10.7% ▼ -34.8%
Higher than 87% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 16.4%
- 2016: 7.7%
- 2021: 10.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kandos · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kandos
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Only 32.4% of adults in Kandos are working or looking for work, which is far below the national figure. This low participation rate is paired with an unemployment rate of 10.7%, which is well above both the state and national figures.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment has fallen 13 points since 2011 to 48.3%, a figure far below the Australian average. While the unemployment rate is much higher than most areas, it has fallen from 16.4% over the last decade.
32.4% ▼ -15.8%
Lower than 94% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 38.4%
- 2016: 47.6%
- 2021: 32.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
48.3% ▼ -21.0%
Lower than 86% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.1%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 48.3%
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 16.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and mining at 11.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common roles are in community and personal service at 15.4%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 15.1% and machinery operators and drivers at 14.4%.
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 Kandos [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL115090/kandos/topic/employment