5.0% ▲ +32.1%
Higher than 64% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 3.8%
- 2016: 5.4%
- 2021: 5.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Unincorporated SA · Council (LGA)
Jobs & Industry in Unincorporated SA
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Nearly 70% of working people in Unincorporated SA have full-time jobs, a figure far above the national average. This reliance on stable, full-time work supports a vast area where the economy is driven by primary industries and management roles.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While 69.7% of the workforce is employed full-time, the overall proportion of adults working or looking for work is 58.0%, which is well below the Australian figure. This activity level has fallen by 7.7 percentage points since 2011, while unemployment rose slightly to 5.0%.
58.0% ▼ -11.7%
Higher than 50% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 65.7%
- 2016: 58.3%
- 2021: 58.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
69.7% ▼ -7.7%
Higher than 88% of council (lga) areas.
- 2011: 75.4%
- 2016: 72.8%
- 2021: 69.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local economy is heavily based on the land and resources, with 29.5% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing, and 14.7% in mining.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers are the most common occupation at 24.1%, followed by labourers at 19.4% and technicians and trades at 12.4%.
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 Unincorporated SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/lga/LGA49399/unincorporated-sa/topic/employment