4.8% ▼ -1.0%
Lower than 53% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 4.9%
- 2016: 6.5%
- 2021: 4.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barossa - Yorke - Mid North · Region (SA4)
Jobs & Industry in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Barossa - Yorke - Mid North than they were in 2011. This region now sees only 53.6% of adults in the labour force, which is well below both the state and national figures. While unemployment is steady at 4.8%, full-time employment has fallen by 3.5 percentage points over the last decade.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The proportion of adults working or looking for work is 53.6%, which is much lower than most similar areas. Full-time employment is also well below the national figure at 55.8%.
53.6% ▼ -3.9%
Lower than 78% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 55.8%
- 2016: 53.8%
- 2021: 53.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.8% ▼ -5.9%
Lower than 72% of region (sa4) areas.
- 2011: 59.3%
- 2016: 57.1%
- 2021: 55.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry at 13.3%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 13.1% and manufacturing at 11.3%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers make up the largest group of workers at 18.1%. Labourers and technicians or trades people follow closely, at 14.3% and 14.0% respectively.
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 Barossa - Yorke - Mid North [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sa4/405/barossa-yorke-mid-north/topic/employment