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Mount Barker · Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Jobs & Industry in Mount Barker

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 Mount Barker, where 15.8% of workers are in this field. The area has a strong work culture, with a much higher proportion of adults working or looking for work than the national figure. This is matched by a very low unemployment rate of 3.6%, which is much lower than most similar areas.

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📍 Mount Barker, Statistical Area 2 (SA2)

Where Mount Barker sits — Unemployment rate

3.6% ▼ -28.2%

All statistical area 2 (sa2) areas, 2021. The marker is Mount Barker — lower than 77% of areas.

Mount Barker3.6%
5251, SA 3.6%
South Australia 5.4%
Australia 5.1%

Labour force

Employment, participation and unemployment.

About 66% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state and national averages. While full-time employment fell slightly since 2011 to 57.5%, the unemployment rate has also dropped to 3.6%.

Unemployment rate

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3.6% ▼ -28.2%

Lower than 77% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).

Labour-force participation

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66.0% ▼ -1.1%

Higher than 71% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.

Employed full-time

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57.5% ▼ -3.0%

Lower than 61% of statistical area 2 (sa2) areas.

Share of employed people who worked full-time.

Industries

The industries that employ local workers.

The local workforce is led by health care and social assistance at 15.8%, followed by retail trade at 11.4% and education and training at 9.7%. Construction and public administration also employ significant shares of the population.

Occupations

The kinds of jobs people do.

Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 20.9%. Other common roles include technicians and trades at 14.6%, and community and personal service workers at 13.1%.

Occupations people work in

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No single group dominates in Mount Barker — Professionals leads at 21%, ahead of Technicians & trades (15%) and Community & personal service (13%).

Professionals 20.9% Technicians & trades 14.6% Community & personal service 13.1% Managers 12.8% Clerical & administrative 12.6% Sales workers 10.2% Labourers 9.5% Machinery operators & drivers 4.7%

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 Mount Barker [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa2/401021007/mount-barker/topic/employment