4.2% ▼ -38.2%
Higher than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 6.7%
- 2016: 8.4%
- 2021: 4.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Alberton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Alberton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Alberton sits around the middle of similar areas for its employment profile. A bit more than 63% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the South Australian figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 4.2%, a little below the state average. Full-time employment for 57.6% of the workforce is about the same as the South Australian figure.
63.2% ▲ +1.8%
Higher than 59% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 62.1%
- 2016: 61.6%
- 2021: 63.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.6% ▼ -11.1%
Lower than 53% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 64.8%
- 2016: 61.0%
- 2021: 57.6%
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 16.3%, followed by education and training at 10.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 22.4%, while 14.1% of people work as technicians and tradespeople.
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 Alberton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40007/alberton/topic/employment