6.4% ▼ -12.1%
Higher than 82% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 7.3%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 6.4%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Murray Bridge · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Murray Bridge
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 Murray Bridge than in most similar areas. Only 51.8% of adults are in the labour force, and the unemployment rate of 6.4% is much higher than in most other places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The share of adults working or looking for work fell 2.4 points since 2011 to 51.8%, which is well below the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment also dropped 3.3 points over the decade to 56.6%.
51.8% ▼ -4.4%
Lower than 76% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 54.2%
- 2016: 53.9%
- 2021: 51.8%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.6% ▼ -5.5%
Lower than 71% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 56.6%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer at 14.8%, followed by retail trade at 11% and manufacturing at 10.6%. Agriculture, forestry and fishing also employ a significant 10.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Labourers make up the largest group of workers at 20.4%. Other common roles include community and personal service workers at 14.5% and technicians and tradespeople at 13.8%.
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 Murray Bridge [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA45040/murray-bridge/topic/employment