4.0% ▼ -18.2%
Lower than 62% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.7%
- 2021: 4.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kilcoy · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kilcoy
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults have been working or looking for work in Kilcoy since 2011, with that figure falling by 11 percentage points to 56.8%. Despite this decline, the town remains a strong hub for manufacturing and manual work. This is reflected in the 42.3% of workers employed in manufacturing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 59.9% of residents work full-time, which is higher than most similar areas, the overall number of adults working or looking for work is well below the national figure at 56.8%. On a positive note, the unemployment rate is low at 4.0%, which is a little below both the state and national rates.
56.8% ▼ -16.4%
Higher than 61% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 68.0%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
59.9% ▼ -8.3%
Higher than 69% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 65.3%
- 2016: 63.4%
- 2021: 59.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Manufacturing is the dominant industry in Kilcoy, employing 42.3% of the workforce. Other common employers include health care and social assistance at 7.7%, and education and training at 6.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The workforce is heavily weighted toward manual roles, with labourers making up 40.5% of occupations and technicians and trades accounting for 17.9%. Community and personal service workers follow at 9.0%.
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 Kilcoy [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL315046/kilcoy/topic/employment