3.2% ▼ -40.8%
Lower than 56% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 7.0%
- 2021: 3.2%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Blewitt Springs · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Blewitt Springs
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
A higher proportion of adults are working or looking for work in Blewitt Springs than in most similar areas. This activity is led by a diverse mix of roles, with health care and agriculture acting as the top employers. Roughly 66.1% of adults are active in the workforce, which is well above the national figure of 61.1%.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
While more adults are working or looking for work here than in most areas, full-time employment is well below the South Australian figure at 53.5%. The unemployment rate of 3.2% is a little below the national figure of 5.1%.
66.1% ▼ -8.4%
Higher than 70% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 72.2%
- 2016: 62.2%
- 2021: 66.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.5% ▼ -4.8%
Lower than 73% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 56.2%
- 2016: 54.9%
- 2021: 53.5%
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 at 15.7%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 14.6%. Construction and manufacturing also employ a significant portion of the local workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Professionals and managers are the most common roles, making up 20.5% and 20% of workers respectively. Technicians and tradespeople also represent a large group at 18.9%.
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 Blewitt Springs [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40126/blewitt-springs/topic/employment