9.3% ▼ -2.8%
Higher than 89% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 9.6%
- 2016: 15.1%
- 2021: 9.3%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blair Athol · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blair Athol
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Health care and social assistance is the most common industry for workers in Blair Athol, where 14.9% of employees work in this field. While full-time work rates are typical for the region, the area faces a significant challenge with an unemployment rate that is well above the national figure.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
About 59.2% of adults are working or looking for work, which is roughly the same as the South Australian figure. However, the unemployment rate of 9.3% is much higher than most areas and well above both the state and national figures.
59.2% ▲ +14.0%
Lower than 55% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 52.0%
- 2016: 53.4%
- 2021: 59.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
56.9% ▼ -3.6%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.0%
- 2016: 57.0%
- 2021: 56.9%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
The local workforce is spread across several sectors, with construction (11.1%) and retail trade (10.9%) following health care as the largest employers. Other common roles are in accommodation and food services (8.1%) and education (6.9%).
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals make up the largest group of workers at 19.0%, followed closely by technicians and trades at 17.6%. Labourers, community and personal service workers, and clerical staff each make up between 9.8% and 13.4% 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 Blair Athol [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40120/blair-athol/topic/employment