5.8% ▲ +24.2%
Higher than 75% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.7%
- 2016: 6.3%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Ashton · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Ashton
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Ashton than in most similar areas. This high level of activity is paired with an unemployment rate of 5.8%, which is much higher than most other areas of its type.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 65.5% of adults are working or looking for work, a figure well above both the state (60.0%) and national (61.1%) rates. Full-time employment sits at 57.7%, which is about the same as the South Australian figure.
65.5% ▼ -4.1%
Higher than 67% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 68.3%
- 2016: 67.1%
- 2021: 65.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.7% ▼ -1.4%
Lower than 52% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.5%
- 2016: 57.7%
- 2021: 57.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with professional and technical services (12.5%) and health care and social assistance (12.1%) as the most common industries.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 35.1%, followed by managers at 16.6% and clerical or administrative staff at 12.1%.
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 Ashton [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40047/ashton/topic/employment