4.8% ▲ +6.8%
Higher than 59% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 4.5%
- 2016: 5.7%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Yorke Peninsula · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Yorke Peninsula
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 Yorke Peninsula than in most similar areas. Only 43.5% of adults are in the labour force, a figure that has fallen since 2011. This reflects a workforce heavily tied to the land, with nearly a quarter of all jobs based in agriculture, forestry and fishing.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure, and full-time employment has fallen to 52.2%. While these numbers are well below state and national levels, the unemployment rate of 4.8% is about the same as the rest of the country.
43.5% ▼ -7.7%
Lower than 89% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 45.3%
- 2021: 43.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
52.2% ▼ -8.4%
Lower than 90% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 56.9%
- 2016: 54.6%
- 2021: 52.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the dominant industry here, employing 23.7% of the workforce. Health care and social assistance is the next largest sector at 10.8%, followed by retail trade at 9.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 25.4%. Labourers and technicians or trades follow at 13.4% and 13.0% respectively, while community and personal service workers account for 11.2% of the 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 Yorke Peninsula [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA48830/yorke-peninsula/topic/employment