4.3% ▲ +47.1%
Lower than 56% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kinglake · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kinglake
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong presence of trades and construction shapes the local economy in Kinglake. While more adults are working or looking for work than in most similar areas, the proportion of people in full-time roles has dropped significantly over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Working or looking for work is common here, with 63.9% of adults active in the labour force, which is a little above the national figure. However, full-time employment fell 7.5 percentage points since 2011 to 55.4%, a figure well below the Victorian average.
63.9% ▲ +4.2%
Higher than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 61.3%
- 2021: 63.9%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -12.0%
Lower than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.9%
- 2016: 52.9%
- 2021: 55.4%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry for local workers at 19.0%. Health care and social assistance (12.4%) and education and training (9.8%) also employ a significant portion of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up nearly a quarter of the workforce at 24.6%. Other common roles include professionals (16.6%) and community and personal service workers (14.3%).
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 Kinglake [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL215042/kinglake/topic/employment