3.1% ▼ -46.8%
Lower than 57% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 5.8%
- 2016: 7.5%
- 2021: 3.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Buchfelde · Suburb / Locality
Jobs & Industry in Buchfelde
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Just 56.4% of adults in Buchfelde are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This low level of employment is largely driven by a small proportion of full-time workers, although the unemployment rate remains a little below the South Australian average.
Labour force
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Full-time employment is much lower than most areas at 51.0%, sitting well below the South Australian figure of 57.2%. However, the unemployment rate is a little below the national figure at 3.1%.
56.4% ▼ -5.6%
Lower than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 59.7%
- 2016: 46.0%
- 2021: 56.4%
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
51.0% ▼ -13.0%
Lower than 81% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 58.6%
- 2016: 69.3%
- 2021: 51.0%
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
Industries
The industries that employ local workers.
Construction is the most common industry here at 16.7%, followed by health care and social assistance at 10.4%. Manufacturing, agriculture, forestry and fishing, and retail trade each employ 8.3% to 9.4% of the workforce.
Occupations
The kinds of jobs people do.
Technicians and trades workers make up the largest group at 21.9%. Labourers are the next most common occupation at 14.6%, followed by managers at 12.5%.
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 Buchfelde [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL40176/buchfelde/topic/employment