5.1% ▲ +0.4%
Higher than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.1%
- 2016: 6.9%
- 2021: 5.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Black Forest · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Black Forest
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Far more adults in Black Forest are working or looking for work than in most similar areas. While 67.5% of adults are active in the labour force, the area's unemployment rate of 5.1% is higher than in most other comparable places.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 67.5% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%. Full-time employment sits at 56.7%, which is about the same as the South Australian average.
67.5% ▲ +0.9%
Higher than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 66.9%
- 2016: 65.9%
- 2021: 67.5%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.7% ▼ -5.2%
Lower than 58% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.8%
- 2016: 57.6%
- 2021: 56.7%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The most common industries for local workers are health care and social assistance at 17.5%, followed by professional and technical services at 10.2%. Education and training also employ a significant 10% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 33.4%. Other common roles include clerical and administrative staff at 12.8% and community and personal service workers at 12.7%.
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 Black Forest [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40111/black-forest/topic/employment