0.0% —
Lower than 99% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 10.3%
- 2021: 0.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Beaufort · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Beaufort
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A strong reliance on the land defines the workforce in Beaufort, where 61.8% of workers are employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Full-time work is more common here than in most other areas, and there is currently no one unemployed.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
The unemployment rate is 0.0%, which is well below the South Australian figure of 5.4%. However, the proportion of adults working or looking for work is only 53.1%, well below the national figure of 61.1%.
53.1% —
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 59.2%
- 2021: 53.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
61.8% —
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 92.0%
- 2021: 61.8%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Agricultural work dominates the local economy, with 61.8% of people working in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Other common industries include health care, social assistance, accommodation and food services, each accounting for 11.8%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Nearly half of the workforce are managers (47.1%), followed by labourers at 38.2%. Sales workers make up 17.6% of the local jobs, while no professionals are employed in the area.
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 Beaufort [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40084/beaufort/topic/employment