5.8% ▼ -31.3%
Higher than 76% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 8.4%
- 2016: 7.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Barmera · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Barmera
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far fewer adults are working or looking for work in Barmera compared to most other areas, with only 48.0% in the workforce. While full-time employment is common for those who do have jobs, the unemployment rate of 5.8% is much higher than in most similar places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 57.0% of the population are employed full-time, which is similar to the South Australian figure. However, the total proportion of adults working or looking for work is far below the national figure of 61.1%.
48.0% ▲ +1.7%
Lower than 82% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 47.2%
- 2016: 47.3%
- 2021: 48.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
57.0% ▼ -1.1%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 57.6%
- 2016: 58.8%
- 2021: 57.0%
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 here at 16.4%, followed by manufacturing at 13.7% and agriculture, forestry and fishing at 11.6%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
The most frequent roles for residents are labourers at 17.4%, managers at 14.7%, and community and personal service workers at 14.6%.
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 Barmera [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40073/barmera/topic/employment