3.0% ▼ -25.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 4.3%
- 2021: 3.0%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Birdwood · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Birdwood
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
More adults are working or looking for work in Birdwood than in most similar areas, with 65.6% of the adult population in the labour force. This high level of activity is paired with a low unemployment rate of 3%, which is a little below the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While the unemployment rate is a little below the South Australian and national figures, about 58.1% of the workforce is employed full-time, which is about the same as across Australia.
65.6% ▼ -2.1%
Higher than 68% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 67.0%
- 2016: 64.7%
- 2021: 65.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
58.1% ▼ -4.7%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 61.0%
- 2016: 57.9%
- 2021: 58.1%
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 14.2%, followed by education and training at 10.4% and construction at 10.1%.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 18.1%, with technicians and trades also common at 16.1%.
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 Birdwood [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40109/birdwood/topic/employment