4.4% ▼ -10.0%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.0%
- 2021: 4.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Glenelg · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Glenelg
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Glenelg than they were in 2011, with the rate falling by 4 percentage points. This decline is reflected in full-time employment, which has also dropped to 55.4%. While these figures are well below the state and national levels, the local unemployment rate remains steady at 4.4%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 54.1% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the Victorian figure of 62.4%. Full-time employment is also much lower than in most areas, sitting at 55.4% compared to 58.9% across Australia.
54.1% ▼ -6.8%
Lower than 68% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 58.1%
- 2016: 54.0%
- 2021: 54.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.4% ▼ -4.1%
Lower than 78% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 55.9%
- 2021: 55.4%
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 here at 15.1%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.1% and manufacturing at 11.2%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 16.1%, while technicians and trades, professionals, and labourers each account for around 13.9% 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 Glenelg [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA22410/glenelg/topic/employment