4.5% ▼ -17.8%
Higher than 53% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 5.5%
- 2016: 6.4%
- 2021: 4.5%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Port Lincoln · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Port Lincoln
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer people have been working or looking for work in Port Lincoln since 2011. The number of full-time employees has dropped by 5.4 percentage points over the last decade, and the proportion of adults in the workforce is now well below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 51.8% of people work full-time, which is well below the national figure of 58.9%. Overall, 57.7% of adults are working or looking for work, and the unemployment rate is 4.5%, which is about the same as the state and national figures.
57.7% ▼ -4.6%
Lower than 52% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 60.5%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.8% ▼ -9.5%
Lower than 91% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 57.2%
- 2016: 54.7%
- 2021: 51.8%
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 15.6%, followed by retail trade at 12.8%. Other major industries include agriculture, forestry and fishing (9.2%), construction (9.0%), and education and training (8.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 16.7%. Technicians and trades and community and personal service workers each account for 14.8%, while labourers make up 14.4% and sales workers 10.8%.
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 Port Lincoln [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA46300/port-lincoln/topic/employment