2.7% ▼ -17.8%
Lower than 80% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 3.3%
- 2016: 3.7%
- 2021: 2.7%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
5244, SA · Postcode
Jobs & Industry in 5244, SA
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the biggest employer in postcode 5244, where 12.7% of the workforce is employed in this sector. The area has a strong employment rate and a very low unemployment rate of 2.7%, which is much lower than most similar areas.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 63.0% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure a little above both the state and national averages. However, full-time employment fell by 3.5 percentage points since 2011 to 56.2%, which is a little below the South Australian figure.
63.0% ▼ -2.2%
Higher than 63% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 64.4%
- 2016: 61.8%
- 2021: 63.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.2% ▼ -5.8%
Lower than 67% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 59.6%
- 2016: 58.4%
- 2021: 56.2%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several key sectors, with construction (10.7%), retail trade (9.5%), and manufacturing (8.8%) following health care as the main industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 17.9%, followed closely by professionals at 17.5% and technicians and trades at 16.2%.
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 5244, SA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA5244/5244-sa/topic/employment