3.9% ▼ -31.3%
Lower than 63% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.7%
- 2016: 4.2%
- 2021: 3.9%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Killarney · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Killarney
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 Killarney (L) than in the rest of the country. Only 42.5% of adults are in the workforce, which is a huge gap compared to the national figure of 61.1%. This trend has shifted over the last decade as the number of people working or seeking jobs dropped by 17 percentage points.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the workforce is small, the unemployment rate is 3.9%, which is lower than both the state and national figures. Full-time employment sits at 56.8%, though this has fallen by 5.9 percentage points since 2011.
42.5% ▼ -28.3%
Lower than 78% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 60.9%
- 2021: 42.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.8% ▼ -9.4%
Higher than 54% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 62.7%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 56.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Retail trade is the most common industry here at 16.9%, followed by health care and social assistance at 14.8% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 12.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 22.6%, with sales workers also common at 16%. Professionals and community and personal service workers each account for 11.1% of the local 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 Killarney [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL321060/killarney/topic/employment