3.4% ▼ -4.2%
Lower than 75% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 4.4%
- 2021: 3.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Adelaide Hills · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Adelaide Hills
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people are working full-time in Adelaide Hills than they were in 2011, though the area remains a strong employment hub. While the share of full-time roles has dipped, the region still sees a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than most other areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
A high 65% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. The unemployment rate is very low at 3.4%, sitting a little below both the state and national figures.
65.0% ▼ -4.2%
Higher than 84% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 67.8%
- 2016: 64.6%
- 2021: 65.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -3.2%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.7%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 55.9%
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 15.3%, followed by education and training at 11.1% and professional and technical services at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professional roles are the most frequent occupation at 29.2%, while 17.7% of workers are managers and 12.6% are technicians or tradespeople.
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 Adelaide Hills [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA40120/adelaide-hills/topic/employment