0.0% ▼ -100.0%
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 3.6%
- 2016: 10.7%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Balgowan · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Balgowan
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Fewer adults are working or looking for work in Balgowan compared to the past, with only 39.3% now active in the labour force. This is far below the South Australian figure of 60%. Despite this, the local job market is very stable, with an unemployment rate of 0.0%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Only 39.3% of adults are working or looking for work, which is among the lowest rates for similar areas. Full-time employment sits at 55.9%, a little below the state figure of 57.2%.
39.3% ▼ -44.1%
Lower than 91% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 70.3%
- 2016: 38.9%
- 2021: 39.3%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
55.9% ▼ -8.8%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.3%
- 2016: 39.3%
- 2021: 55.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the most common industry here, employing 20.6% of the workforce. Education and health care both follow at 14.7%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Managers and community or personal service workers each make up 17.6% of local jobs. Technicians, trades, machinery operators and labourers each account for 11.8% of the workforce.
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 Balgowan [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40065/balgowan/topic/employment