4.3% ▲ +129.3%
Lower than 57% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 1.9%
- 2016: 5.5%
- 2021: 4.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kialla West · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kialla West
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Kialla West, where 15.5% of the workforce is employed. This is a highly active workforce, with a much larger share of adults working or looking for work than in most similar areas. Full-time employment has also grown steadily over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 67.6% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011 to reach 59.5%, while the unemployment rate sat at 4.3%.
67.6% ▲ +9.6%
Higher than 89% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 61.7%
- 2016: 42.9%
- 2021: 67.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.5% ▲ +4.4%
Higher than 68% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 57.0%
- 2016: 48.8%
- 2021: 59.5%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Employment is led by health care and social assistance at 15.5%, followed by education and training at 11.2% and construction at 9.5%. Other notable sectors include manufacturing and utilities.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.7%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 18.1%, and clerical and administrative staff at 14.7%.
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 Kialla West [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL222038/kialla-west/topic/employment