4.2% ▼ -16.3%
Lower than 58% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 5.0%
- 2016: 7.6%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Kingscote · Urban Centre
Jobs & Industry in Kingscote
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just over half of the adults in Kingscote are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This represents a significant drop from 2011, and the area now sees far fewer people in full-time roles than most other similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 52.2% of adults are working or looking for work, a fall of 6.6 percentage points since 2011. Full-time employment has also dropped to 49.8%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 57.2%. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate is 4.2%, slightly lower than the state average.
52.2% ▼ -11.2%
Lower than 53% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 58.8%
- 2016: 52.2%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
49.8% ▼ -4.5%
Lower than 81% of urban centre areas.
- 2011: 52.1%
- 2016: 48.3%
- 2021: 49.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.4%. Other major employers include retail trade at 10.6%, accommodation and food services at 10.4%, and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 9.9%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most common jobs are labourers at 15.4% and community and personal service workers at 14.3%. Technicians and trades make up 14.2% of the workforce, followed by managers at 13.4% and professionals at 13.2%.
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 Kingscote [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/ucl/UCL415017/kingscote/topic/employment